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Joseph Benson

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

Joseph Benson

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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:1-12

God calls Moses (3:1-12)While Moses was minding sheep at Mount Sinai (also called Mount Horeb, after the range in which it was situated), the unseen God, who for eighty years had silently guided his life, made himself known to him. The revelation of God in the burning bush showed that though this God was unapproachably holy, he could dwell among earthly things without destroying them (3:1-6).God was now going to use Moses to deliver his people from bondage in Egypt and bring them into a new... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 3:4

God called . Only here in Exodus. See note on Exodus 19:3 . Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . Moses , Moses. Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ). Compare Genesis 22:11 .Genesis 22:5; Genesis 22:5 He [God = Elohim ] said. Occurs four times in Exodus. (Exodus 3:6 , Exodus 3:6 , Exodus 3:12 , Exodus 3:14 ). is. Hebrew "it [is]". holy . = Separated, or set apart [for God]. Always the rendering of Hebrew. kodesh (first occurance here) except Psalms 42:4 , where it is hagag - holy day; and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 3:6

I. Pronoun emphatic. God = 'Elohim, the Creator. Note the five-fold repetition. ( App-10 ). Christ founds the doctrine of Resurrection on this verse. See note on Matthew 22:31 , Matthew 22:32 . afraid . Compare Acts 7:32 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 3:7

the LORD said = Jehovah said (Hebrew. 'amar, requiring the words spoken). This expression occurs forty-five "sundry times" in Exodus, and in ten "divers manners" (see App-10 ), and compare Leviticus 1:1 ; Leviticus 5:14 .Numbers 3:40 , and see note on Exodus 6:10 . (1) The LORD said, Exodus 3:7 ; Exodus 33:21 . (2) To Moses (or to "him"), Exodus 4:2 , Exodus 4:4 , Exodus 4:6 , Exodus 4:11 , Exodus 4:19 ; Exodus 6:1 ; Exodus 7:1 , Exodus 7:14 ; Exodus 9:22 ; Exodus 10:1 , Exodus 10:12 , Exodus... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 3:8

deliver . Connect this with "serve" in Exodus 3:12 ; and connect both with 1 Thessalonians 1:9 , 1 Thessalonians 1:10 . good. Five-fold description of the land: good, large, milk, honey, place of the nations. See App-10 . milk and honey. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species). App-6 . Canaanites . Six nations named. The number of man (see App-10 ). and . Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 3:4-5

"And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.""God called to him ..." This makes it necessary to view the Angel of Jehovah (Exodus 3:2) as none other than God Himself."Moses, Moses ..." Such double use of a man's name always implied very unusual urgency and importance. It... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 3:6

"Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God."Of the greatest importance is the names God applied to Himself in this message out of the burning bush. Highlighting the designations is that of His identification as "The God of Abraham ... Isaac ... and Jacob." These names of the great patriarchs are again repeated by God Himself in Exodus 3:15. (We shall return to this in our... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 3:7-8

"And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of the land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, and unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.God's "coming down" to... read more

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