Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 3:8
Exodus 3:8. I am come down to deliver them When God doth something very extraordinary, he is said to come down to do it, as Isaiah 64:1. This deliverance was typical of our redemption by Christ, and in that the eternal Word did indeed come down from heaven to deliver us. A large land So it was, according to its true and ancient bounds, as they are described, (Genesis 15:18,) and not according to those narrow limits, to which they were afterward confined for their unbelief and impiety. ... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 3:6
Exodus 3:6. I am, &c. He lets him know it is God that speaks to him, to engage his reverence, faith, and obedience. The God of thy father Thy pious father Amram, and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, thy ancestors: engaged to them by solemn covenant, which I am now come to perform. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God The more we see of God, the more cause we shall see to worship him with reverence and godly fear. And even the manifestations of God’s grace... read more