Exodus 3:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 3:8

(8) I am come down.—By condescension to human infirmity, which conceives of all things under the limitations of time and space, God is spoken of as dwelling ordinarily in heaven, or “the heaven of heavens,” whence sometimes He “comes down” to manifest Himself to men. That this was not understood literally, even by the Jews, appears from such passages as 1 Kings 8:27; Psalms 137:7-9; Proverbs 15:3, &c.A good land and a large.—The land promised to Abraham (Genesis 15:18) well deserves this... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 3:1-22

Exodus 3:2 It is the office and function of the imagination to renew life in lights and sounds and emotions that are outworn and familiar. It calls the soul back once more under the dead ribs of nature, and makes the meanest bush burn again, as it did to Moses, with the visible presence of God. J. Russell Lowell. References. III. 2. A. M. Mackay, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xliv. 1893, p. 20. G. F. Browne, ibid. vol. liv. 1898, p. 76. P. McAdam Muir, ibid. vol. lviii. 1900, p. 246. E. E.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:1-22

5CHAPTER III.THE BURNING BUSH.Exodus 2:23 - Exodus 3:1-22"In process of time the king of Egypt died," probably the great Raamses, no other of whose dynasty had a reign which extended over the indicated period of time. If so, he had while living every reason to expect an immortal fame, as the greatest among Egyptian kings, a hero, a conqueror on three continents, a builder of magnificent works. But he has only won an immortal notoriety. "Every stone in his buildings was cemented in human blood."... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 3:1-22

CHAPTER 3 The Burning Bush and the Call and Commission of Moses 1. The vision of the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-3 ) 2. Jehovah speaks and calls Moses (Exodus 3:4-10 ) 3. Moses’ answer (Exodus 3:11-12 ) 4. The name revealed (Exodus 3:13-14 ) 5. The commission of Moses (Exodus 3:15-18 ) 6. The promise (Exodus 3:19-22 ) The two last verses of the preceding chapter form the introduction to the great manifestation of Jehovah in the burning bush and the call of Moses. God’s time had come.... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 3:8

3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land {i} flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.(i) Most plentiful of all things. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 3:1-22

THE BURNING BUSH: MOSES CALLED TO EGYPT In tending Jethro's sheep Moses came to Mount Horeb, called "the mountain of God," because it signified Israel's relationship with God as under law. It is also called Sinai. Only after Moses' long years of desert experience does God finally reveal Himself to him, attracting him by the amazing sight of fire raging in a bush without consuming it (vs.2-3). As he goes closer to observe this miraculous sight, God calls him by name, warning him not to come... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:1-22

THE CALL OF MOSES The Egyptian records refer to Moses. Rameses, said by many to be the Pharaoh of the Exodus, built a great monument on which he made an inscription naming the nobility who were present when it was erected. Toward the end of the list he mentions “The ra-Moses, Child of the Lady and Priestess of the Sun God Ra.” Note the peculiarity of the description. “The ra-Moses” means some distinguished ra-Moses, while “Child of the Lady” describes a situation and relation not unlike... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 3:1-12

Moses At Horeb Exo 3:1 So ends the romance of the young hero! We have often seen brilliant beginnings turn to cloudy endings. A man has come out very sensationally for a day or two, and then has subsided into commonplace and obscurity. But what would Moses have been had he pursued the line upon which he so vigorously commenced? Suppose that from day to day he had gone abroad smiting men, where would the story of his life have ended? It was but a poor way, after all, of attacking the moral... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 3:8

Isaiah 63:4 . And doth not the Lord repeat this perpetually to all his tried family? Is not Jesus actually come down to bring his people up to the heavenly Canaan? What doth he say! Pray read that precious promise: John 14:1-3 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 3:8

Spacious, compared with that of Gessen. Chanaan was not above 210 miles long, and 70 broad. (Brocard.) St. Jerome does not allow so much. Hecateus says that the Jews had three million acres of excellent land. --- Milk and honey are still very plentiful in Palestine, (Calmet) though the country has lost much of its ancient beauty and luxuriance, for want of cultivation. The Samaritan and Septuagint number the Gergesites among the rest of the Chanaanites. read more

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