Exodus 3:1-10 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:9

Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me ,.... See Exodus 2:23 , and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them ; which is repeated to observe the great notice he took of it; and the reason of his descent and appearance in this wonderful manner, as well as of the urgent necessity of Moses's going to deliver the people from their oppression. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:10

Come now therefore ,..... Leave thy flock, thy family, and the land of Midian: and I will send thee unto Pharaoh : this Pharaoh, according to Eusebius, was Cenchres, the successor of Achoris; but according to Bishop Usher F21 Annal. Vet. Test. p. 19. , his name was Amenophis, who immediately succeeded Ramesses Miamun, under whom Moses was born. Clemens of Alexandria F23 Stromat. l. 1. p. 320. relates from Apion, and he, from Ptolemy Mendesius, that it was in the times of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1

Jethro his father-in-law - Concerning Jethro, see Clarke's note on Exodus 2:18 . Learned men are not agreed on the signification of the word חתן chothen , which we translate father-in-law, and which in Genesis 19:14 , we translate son-in-law. It seems to be a general term for a relative by marriage, and the connection only in which it stands can determine its precise meaning. It is very possible that Reuel was now dead, it being forty years since Moses came to Midian; that Jethro was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:2

The angel of the Lord - Not a created angel certainly; for he is called יהוה Jehovah , Exodus 3:4 , etc., and has the most expressive attributes of the Godhead applied to him, Exodus 3:14 , etc. Yet he is an angel, מלאך malach , a messenger, in whom was the name of God, Exodus 23:21 ; and in whom dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, Colossians 2:9 ; and who, in all these primitive times, was the Messenger of the covenant, Malachi 3:1 . And who was this but Jesus,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:5

Put off thy shoes - It is likely that from this circumstance all the eastern nations have agreed to perform all the acts of their religious worship barefooted. All the Mohammedans, Brahmins, and Parsees do so still. The Jews were remarked for this in the time of Juvenal; hence he speaks of their performing their sacred rites barefooted; Sat. vi., ver. 158: Observant ubi festa mero pede sabbata reges . The ancient Greeks did the same. Jamblichus, in the life of Pythagoras, tells us that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:6

I am the God of thy father - Though the word אבי abi , father, is here used in the singular, St Stephen, quoting this place, Acts 7:32 , uses the plural, Ὁ Θεος των πατερων σου , The God of thy Fathers; and that this is the meaning the following words prove: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. These were the fathers of Moses in a direct line. This reading is confirmed by the Samaritan and by the Coptic. Abraham was the father of the Ishmaelites, and with him... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:7

I have surely seen - ראיתי ראה raoh raithi , seeing, I have seen - I have not only seen the afflictions of this people because I am omniscient, but I have considered their sorrows, and my eye affects my heart. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:8

And I am come down to deliver them - This is the very purpose for which I am now come down upon this mountain, and for which I manifest myself to thee. Large - land - Canaan, when compared with the small tract of Goshen, in which they were now situated, and where, we learn, from Exodus 1:7 , they were straitened for room, might be well called a large land. See a fine description of this land Deuteronomy 8:7 . A land flowing with milk and honey - Excellent for pasturage, because... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1

Verse 1 1.Now Moses kept the flock. We have already said that he was occupied as a shepherd for a long time (viz., about forty years) before this vision appeared to him. The patience, then, of the holy man is commended by his continuance in this work; not that Moses had any intention of boastfully celebrating his own virtues, but that the Holy Spirit dictated what would be useful to us, and, as it were, suggested it to his mouth, that what he did and suffered might be an example for ever. For... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:2

Verse 2 2.And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him. It was necessary that he should assume a visible form, that he might be seen by Moses, not as he was in his essence, but as the infirmity of the human mind could comprehend him. For thus we must believe that God, as often as he appeared of old to the holy patriarchs, descended in some way from his majesty, that he might reveal himself as far as was useful, and as far as their comprehension would admit. The same, too, is to be said of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:2

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