Exodus 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:8

I am come down . Another anthropomorphism, and one very common in Scripture ( Genesis 11:5 , Genesis 11:7 ; Genesis 18:21 ; Psalms 18:9 ; Psalms 144:5 , etc.), connected of course with the idea that God has a special dwellingplace, which is above the earth. To bring them up . Literally correct. Palestine is at a much higher level than Egypt. (Compare Genesis 12:10 ; Genesis 13:1 ; Genesis 37:25 ; Genesis 39:1 ; Genesis 42:2 ; Genesis 46:3 , Genesis 46:4 ; Genesis... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 3:8

The natural richness of Palestine, the variety and excellence of its productions, are attested by sacred (compare Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6) and ancient writers, whose descriptions are strongly in contrast with those of later travelers. The expression “flowing with milk and honey” is used proverbially by Greek poets.The Canaanites ... - This is the first passage in this book where the enumeration, so often repeated, of the nations then in possession of Palestine, is given. Moses was to learn... 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 3:8

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 3:7-8

"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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 3:8

Exodus 3:8. A good land and a large, &c.— The land of Canaan is here described as good and large, and abounding with plenty; flowing with milk and honey, a proverbial expression, denoting plenty; and, as such, frequently used, not only in the Scriptures, but also in prophane writers. So Euripides, speaking of a country, says, that it flows with milk and honey, and the nectar of bees. The fertility of Canaan is manifest from the number of inhabitants which it maintained, as well as from the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 3:1-12

Horeb is another name for Sinai (Exodus 3:1). It probably indicates a range of mountains rather than a particular mountain peak. The writer called it "the mountain of God" because it was the place where God later gave the Mosaic Law to Israel. The traditional site of Mt. Sinai and the Horeb range is in the southern Sinai Peninsula. However some Scripture references cast this location into question (cf. Deuteronomy 33:2; Galatians 4:25). These references suggest that the site may have been... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 3:1-18

6. Moses’ call 3:1-4:18 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1-22

The Call of Moses and his Commission to be the Deliverer of Israel1. Horeb] The names Horeb and Sinai seem to be synonymous, though it has been suggested that Horeb is the name given to the entire mountain range, while Sinai denotes the particular mountain where the Law was given. Assuming that the Pentateuch is composed of different documents, it is better to believe that Horeb is the name used by one set of writers and Sinai by another. Horeb is here called the mountain of God by... read more

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