Exodus 4:8 ASV

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 4:1-31

Exodus 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto 2thee. And Jehovah said unto him, What is that [this] in thine [thy] hand? And he said, A rod. 3And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, 4and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 4:1-9

God’s Signs to Confirm Moses’ Words Exodus 4:1-9 This wonderful chapter tells us how Moses’ three misgivings were tenderly and sufficiently dealt with by his heavenly Friend. To his first misgiving God made answer by giving him three signs. Here first we meet with that rod which was so often stretched out, over the land of Egypt, over the sea, and during the sojourn in the Wilderness. Moses was but a rod, but what cannot a rod do, if handled by an Almighty hand! Leprosy was the type of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 4:1-31

A further difficulty was now declared. The man who first doubted himself and then doubted because of his ignorance of God now doubted because of the people to whom he was to be sent. God had told him that the people would hearken, but now he questioned this. All fear of man is evidence of feeble faith in God. In the presence of such fear what we need is clearer vision of God. The story shows that God understood and answered the fear of His servant by granting him signs. Then is revealed the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Exodus 4:1-17

Slow to Obey Exodus 4:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Not for one moment would we take from Moses the honor which is his. He was a great man and a man faithful unto God. However, the Word of God in painting a picture of God's great men, never fails to set forth their failures. Ingersoll is not the only one who wrote on the mistakes of Moses. God, Himself, did this long before the infidel was born. 1. Let us consider the misgivings of a great man. The first verse of our Scripture opens with the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:6-8

The Second Sign - The Leprous Hand (Exodus 4:6-8 ). It was with his hand that Moses had smitten the taskmaster whom he had murdered. Now he was to be made to recognise that it was defiled, and needed purifying by Yahweh. But to Israel it would signify that although they were defiled in God’s eyes through idolatry and sin, he was now seeking to cleanse them and deliver them. a Yahweh tells him to put his hand in his bosom (Exodus 4:6 a). b He puts his hand in his bosom and it becomes leprous... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:1-9

Exodus 4:1-1 Samuel : J (following Exodus 3:18). Moses’ s Third Difficulty— Israel’ s unbelief. To overcome it, he is enabled to authenticate his mission by three signs— the rod that became a serpent and again a rod ( Exodus 4:2-Deuteronomy :), the leprosy of his hand that came and went ( Exodus 4:6-Ruth :), and the turning of water into blood ( Exodus 4:9). The first is in P a sign to Pharaoh ( Exodus 7:8-2 Kings :), and the third is in E and P the first plague ( Exodus 7:14-Lamentations... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 4:8

To the voice of the first sign; to the voice or word of God delivered and confirmed by the first sign. For Moses did not make dumb shows before them, but acquainted them with the mind of God therein. Or he saith the voice, to note that God’s works have a voice to speak to us, which we must diligently observe. See Micah 6:9. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:1-31

Chapter 4And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me ( Exodus 4:1 ),Now he's not convinced. They're gonna say, "Who sent you?" "All right", God said, "Tell them Jehovah God, the God of your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob". But Moses objects, "They'll not believe me"nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, Oh Jehovah didn't appear to you. The Lord said, What have you got in your hand? And he said, A rod. [A walking stick.] God said, Throw it on the ground. And he... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 4:1-31

Exodus 4:1. They will not believe me. Then the Lord directed him to work a miracle, the most convincing evidence of divine authority, for the removal of unbelief. Exodus 4:2. A rod. Milton has displayed his classic and poetic genius on the rod of Amram’s son. Reference has also been made to the Thyrsus of Bacchus, which was a dart surround with leaves of the vine. The fabulous history of Bacchus we have in old Hesiod, fab. 3. Pliny, book 16, chap. 4. Cicero on the nature of the gods,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 4:8-9

Exodus 4:8-9They will believe the voice of the latter sign.The paralysis of doubtA man needs not to be a thorough unbeliever, overtly renouncing all allegiance to revealed truth, in order to become useless in the pulpit and religiously powerless in society. He needs only to put a note of interrogation after some of the articles of his creed. That is enough, without absolutely erasing them. The hesitant is as impotent for spiritual good as the heretic. The man who is shooting for the Queen’s cup... read more