Exodus 6:7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9

Here, I. God silences Moses's complaints with the assurance of success in this negotiation, repeating the promise made him in Exod. 3:20; After that, he will let you go. When Moses was at his wit's end, wishing he had staid in Midian, rather than have come to Egypt to make bad worse?when he was quite at a loss what to do?Then the Lord said unto Moses, for the quieting of his mind, ?Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh (Exod. 6:1); now that the affair has come to a crisis, things are as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:7

And I will take you to me for a people ,.... Out of the hands of the Egyptians, and out of their country, to be in a political sense his kingdom and subjects; and in a religious sense a holy people to himself, to fear, serve, worship, and glorify him, by walking according to laws and rules given them by him; and this he did by setting up and establishing a civil and ecclesiastical polity among them: and I will be to you a God ; their King and their God to rule over them, protect and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:7

I will take you to me for a people, etc. - This was precisely the covenant that he had made with Abraham. See Genesis 17:7 , and see Clarke's note on Genesis 17:7 . And ye shall know that I am the Lord your God - By thus fulfilling my promises ye shall know what is implied in my name. See Clarke's note on Exodus 6:3 . But why should God take such a most stupid, refractory, and totally worthless people for his people? 1. Because he had promised to do so to their noble ancestors... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:7

Verse 7 7.And I will take you to me. The end of their liberation is here described in the continued tenor of His grace. For it would have been little that the people should once be redeemed from Egypt, unless, when redeemed, they had lived under the defense and guardianship of God. As, therefore, He had long since separated the holy seed of Abraham from the other nations by circumcision, He now again sets it apart, (sanctificat,) and promises that he will be their God. In these words, then,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1-8

The expostulation of Moses did not offend God. God gave him, in reply to it, a most gracious series of promises and assurances, well calculated to calm his fears, assuage his griefs, and comfort his heart; and he confirmed the whole to him by his name JEHOVAH , "the Only Existent," and therefore" the Eternal and Immutable." This name he had previously revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai, as his peculiar name, and the one by which he would choose to be called ( Exodus 3:13-15 ). He had also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9

A Divine commentary on a Divine name. The antiquity of the name Jehovah, setting aside direct testimonies to its occurrence in earlier scriptures, is sufficiently proved by its etymology (from havah , an old—and, in the days of Moses, obsolete—form of the verb "to be"), and from its presence (in composition) in pre-Mosaic proper names ( e.g. Exodus 6:20 ). It is absurd to press this passage in proof of the ignorance of the patriarchs of this name of God, when one observes— 1 .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:2-8

The message to afflicted Israel. I. THE WORD TO THE LEADER : Exodus 6:2-5 . The message must be from faith to faith. The heart of God's servant must first be revived ere he can impart strength to the people. 1 . He is reminded of God's faithfulness: " I am Jehovah." We cannot grasp this truth without deliverance from fear. 2 . The darkness will only make God's glory shine out the more resplendently. Their present sufferings will mark a new era in God's revelation of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:4-8

God a keeper of covenants. God is declared in Scripture to be one who "keepeth covenant and mercy, yea, to a thousand generations" ( Deuteronomy 7:9 ). He is ever faithful. He cannot lie. He is not a man that he should repent. The bow which he set in the cloud, when he covenanted with Noah that the waters should no more become a flood to destroy all flesh, is still there, and the promise of which it was the sign has been kept—there has come no repetition of the Flood, no second... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:7

A rich promise. The promise is as rich as it is wonderful, and as wonderful as it is rich—" I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God." It includes— 1 . The highest honour. Who speaks? The absolute God. To whom? A nation of bondsmen. Yet he says—" I will take you," etc. And he did it, even as he still takes sinners in Christ into union and fellowship with himself—adopting them as sons, admitting them to covenant, making them heirs, etc. 2 . The ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:7-8

The promises are continued, heaped one upon another. 1 . God will take them for his own people. 2 . He will be, in a special sense, their God. 3 . They shall clearly know that it is he who brings them forth out of Egypt. 4 . They shall be brought into the promised land. 5 . The land shall be made over to them, and become their own inheritance. The Israelites were formally taken to be God's people at Sinai ( Exodus 19:5 , Exodus 19:6 ); where, at the same time, he... read more

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