Exodus 3:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 3:11-15

God, having spoken to Moses, allows him also a liberty of speech, which he here improves; and, I. He objects his own insufficiency for the service he was called to (Exod. 3:11): Who am I? He thinks himself unworthy of the honour, and not par negotio?equal to the task. He thinks he wants courage, and therefore cannot go to Pharaoh, to make a demand which might cost the demandant his head: he thinks he wants skill, and therefore cannot bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt; they are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:15

And God said moreover unto Moses ,.... As a further explanation of the above name, and of the design and use of it: thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel : for their further instruction in the said name, and for the confirmation of the mission of Moses, and the success of it: the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you ; he who is Jehovah, and the covenant God of the ancestors of the people of Israel, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:15

This is my name for ever - The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, אלהים יהוה Yehovah Elohim , which we translate the Lord God, the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world, (see Genesis 2:4 ;). and the name by which he is known among the same people to the present day. Even the heathens knew this name of the true God; and hence out of our יהוה Yehovah they formed their Jao, Jeve, and Jove; so that the word has been literally fulfilled,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:15

Verse 15 15.And God said moreover. God again assumes his name taken from the covenant which he had made with Abraham and his posterity, that the Israelites may know that they do not deceive themselves in an uncertain God, provided they depart not from the religion of their fathers; for as soldiers assemble round their standard to maintain the order of their ranks, so does he command them to look back upon the special grace of their adoption, and to know that they are a people elected of God,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:1-22

THE MISSION OF MOSES . After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and for spiritual communion with God, and when he had attained to the great age of eighty years, and the hot blood of youth had given place to the calm serenity of advanced life, God at last revealed Himself to Moses "called him" ( Exodus 3:4 ), and gave him a definite mission. The present chapter is' intimately connected with the next. Together, they contain an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:11-17

Hindrances to service and how God removes them. 1 . THE HINDRANCE FOUND IN THE SENSE OF OUR OWN WEAKNESS ( Exodus 3:11 , Exodus 3:12 ). 1 . Moses knew the pomp and pride of the Egyptian court. He remembered how Israel had rejected him when he was more than he was now. Once he had believed himself able for the task, but he was wiser now: "Who am I ?" etc. He might serve God in the lowly place he held, but not there. Moses in this the type of multitudes. God's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:13-15

God's revelation of himself under the name Jehovah, and the meaning of it. At first sight the name by which God shall be called may seem unimportant, as it is unimportant whether a man be called Tully or Cicero. But, originally, each name that is given to God is significant; and according as one name or another is commonly used, one idea or another of the Divine nature will be prevalent. Hitherto God had been known mainly to the Semites as El , Eliun , Elohim , "Exalted, Lofty," or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:13-15

The proper Name of God. "This is my name for ever," etc.—( Exodus 3:15 .) This incident of the burning bush teems with subjects susceptible of homiletic treatment. We name a few of the more important, which we ourselves do not linger to treat. 1 . THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF THE CHURCH , Exodus 3:2 . 2. THE DOCTRINE OF THE ANGEL - GOD . Note in Exodus 3:2-4 that "The Angel of Jehovah," "Jehovah," and "God," are one and the same. 3 . THE RESTRICTION ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:13-17

The second difficulty: the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob-what is his name? Moses feels that when he goes among his brethren, one of their first questions will be as to the name of this God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Consider— I. HOW IT WAS THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A QUESTION WAS SUGGESTED TO HIS MIND . All the deities of the other nations had names, and doubtless the gods of Egypt were well known by name to the Israelites. Part of the glory of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:15

The Lord God . In the original Jehovah elohey —"Jehovah, God of your fathers," etc. The name is clearly an equivalent of the " I AM " in the preceding versa The exact mode of its formation from the old root hava , "to be," is still disputed among the best Hebraists. This is my name for ever . Henceforth there will be no change—this will be my most appropriate name so long as the world endures—"The Existent"—"The Alone Existent"—"He that is, and was, and is to come" ( Revelation... read more

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