Exodus 4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:25

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son ,.... Perceiving that it was the neglect of circumcising her son was the cause of the divine displeasure against her husband; and he being either so ill through the disease upon him, or so terrified with the appearance of the Lord to him, in the manner it was, that he could not perform this rite himself, she undertook it; and, according to the Jewish canons F2 Maimon. Hilchot Milah, c. 2. sect. 1. Shulchan Aruch, par.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:26

So he let him go ,.... That is, the Lord let Moses go; suffered him to go on his journey without any further interruption; as the Targums, "it", the angel, ceased from him, or left him; or the disease and trembling departed from him, as Aben Ezra, and he was quite well and easy; though Grotius, after Lyra, understands it of Zipporah, she departed from him, that is, from Moses, and returned to Midian again, as it seems she did; but this the grammatical construction of the words will not bear,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:27

And the Lord said unto Aaron ,.... He appeared to him in a dream or vision, and to this reference is had in 1 Samuel 2:27 . go into the wilderness to meet Moses ; in the wilderness of Arabia, through which Moses was to pass into Egypt, and who was now set out on his journey thitherward: and he went ; immediately, being obedient to the heavenly vision: and met him in the mount of God; in Horeb, where the Lord had appeared to Moses, and therefore called the mount of God, and where... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:28

And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord, who had sent him ,.... He declared his mission and commission from God, and gave him the particulars of what was to be said both to the people of Israel and to the king of Egypt; and this he did, because Aaron was to be his spokesman unto them: and all the signs which he had commanded him ; to do, first before the children of Israel, and then before Pharaoh; before the one to obtain credit of them, as being sent of God, and before the other... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:29

And Moses and Aaron went ,.... Set forward for Egypt: and being come thither: gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel ; the heads of tribes and families, as many as they could conveniently get together in one place; probably in the metropolis of the kingdom, where Pharaoh's palace was, since we quickly hear of their going in to him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:30

And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses ,.... As Moses had related to him, being his mouth and spokesman: and did the signs in the sight of the people ; not Aaron, but Moses, and these were the turning of his rod into a serpent, and the serpent into a rod again; putting his hand into and out of his bosom, when it was leprous, and then doing the same when it was well again; and taking water out of the river, and changing it into blood, which he did for the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:31

And the people believed ,.... That Moses was sent of God, and would be the deliverer of them: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel ; in a way of grace and mercy, by raising such a redeemer and deliverer in the midst of them: and that he had looked upon their affliction ; with an eye of pity and compassion: then they bowed their heads, and worshipped ; adoring the goodness of God, and expressing their thankfulness for the notice he took of them, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4

Moses continuing to express his fear that the Israelites would not credit his Divine mission, Exodus 4:1 ; God, to strengthen his faith, and to assure him that his countrymen would believe him, changed his rod into a serpent, and the serpent into a rod, Exodus 4:2-5 ; made his hand leprous, and afterwards restored it, Exodus 4:6 , Exodus 4:7 ; intimating that he had now endued him with power to work such miracles, and that the Israelites would believe, Exodus 4:8 ; and farther... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:1

They will not believe me - As if he had said, Unless I be enabled to work miracles, and give them proofs by extraordinary works as well as by words, they will not believe that thou hast sent me. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:2

A rod - מתה matteh , a staff, probably his shepherd's crook; see Leviticus 27:32 . As it was made the instrument of working many miracles, it was afterwards called the rod of God; see Exodus 4:20 . read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:2

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