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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 3:1-6

The years of the life of Moses are remarkably divided into three forties: the first forty he spent as a prince in Pharaoh's court, the second a shepherd in Midian, the third a king in Jeshurun; so changeable is the life of men, especially the life of good men. He had now finished his second forty, when he received his commission to bring Israel out of Egypt. Note, Sometimes it is long before God calls his servants out of that work which of old he designed them for, and has been graciously... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 3:7-10

Now that Moses had put off his shoes (for, no doubt, he observed the orders given him, Exod. 3:5), and covered his face, God enters upon the particular business that was now to be concerted, which was the bringing of Israel out of Egypt. Now, after forty years of Israel's bondage and Moses's banishment, when we may suppose both he and they began to despair, they of being delivered and he of delivering them, at length, the time has come, even the year of the redeemed. Note, God often comes for... read more

John Gill

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

And Moses said, I will now turn aside ,.... From the place where he was, and the flock he was feeding, and get nearer to the bush, which seems to have been on one side of him and not directly before him: and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt ; inquire into, and find out, if he could, the reason of this strange and amazing sight; how it could be that a bush should be on fire and yet not burnt up, which might have been expected would have been destroyed at once; for what is a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:4

And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see ,.... Who is before called the Angel of the Lord, here Jehovah, the omniscient and omnipresent Being, who observing Moses turning aside and going onward to gratify his curiosity, by examining more narrowly this strange phenomenon: God called unto him out of the midst of the bush ; with an articulate voice, being the eternal Word: and said, Moses, Moses ; for the Lord knows his people distinctly, and can call them by name; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:5

And he said, draw not nigh hither ,.... Keep a proper distance: put off thy shoes from off thy feet ; dust and dirt cleaving to shoes, and these being ordered to be put off from the feet, the instrument of walking, show that those that draw nigh to God, and are worshippers of him, ought to be of pure and holy lives and conversations: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground ; not that there was any inherent holiness in this spot of ground more than in any other, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:6

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy fathers ,.... Of every one of his fathers next mentioned: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ; with whom the covenant respecting the land of Canaan, and the promise of the blessed seed the Messiah, was made: this again shows that the Angel of the Lord that now appeared was God himself, Jehovah the Son of God. Our Lord makes use of this text to prove the resurrection of the dead against the Sadducees, God being not the God of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:7

And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt ,.... Or, "in seeing I have seen", which not only denotes the certainty of it, as we express it; but the clear, distinct, and full sight he had of it, with sympathy towards them, an affectionate concern for them, and a fixed, settled, determination in his mind to deliver them; he had long took notice of, and had thoroughly observed their affliction, and was afflicted with them in it, and was bent upon their... 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

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