exodus-4:15-20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 4:10-17

Moses still continues backward to the service for which God had designed him, even to a fault; for now we can no longer impute it to his humility and modesty, but must own that here was too much of cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in it. Observe here, I. How Moses endeavours to excuse himself from the work. 1. He pleads that he was no good spokesman: O my Lord! I am not eloquent, Exod. 4:10. He was a great philosopher, statesman, and divine, and yet no orator; a man of a clear head, great... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 4:18-23

Here, I. Moses obtains leave of his father-in-law to return into Egypt, Exod. 4:18. His father-in-law had been kind to him when he was a stranger, and therefore he would not be so uncivil as to leave his family, nor so unjust as to leave his service, without giving him notice. Note, The honour of being admitted into communion with God, and of being employed for him, does not exempt us from the duties of our relations and callings in this world. Moses said nothing to his father-in-law (for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:15

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth ,.... Or "things" F26 את הדברים . , the matter and substance of what he should say, who being a man of words, an eloquent man, and a good spokesman, would put them into proper language, and express them fluently: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do ; or speak what Moses should say to Aaron, and what Aaron should say to Pharaoh, and to the people of Israel; so that as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:16

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people ,.... And open to them Moses's commission from God, and the end of his mission into Egypt, and to them, and declare what signs had been, and would be done, in confirmation of it: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth ; or an interpreter, as all the Targums explain it, and so Jarchi; as he was an orator and master of language, he should speak to the people for Moses, and explain his sense and meaning, and put it into... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:17

And thou shall take this rod in thine hand ,.... Which he then had in his hand, and was no other than his shepherd's staff: wherewith thou shall do signs : wondrous things, meaning the ten plagues inflicted on Egypt. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:18

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law ,.... With his flock of sheep he kept, Exodus 3:1 , and said unto him: let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren which are in Egypt ; the Israelites, who were so by nation and religion; as Jethro had been kind and beneficent to him, he did not choose to leave him without his knowledge and consent, and especially to take away his wife and children without it: and see whether they be yet alive ; it seems by this that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:19

And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian ,.... After he had obtained leave of his father-in-law to quit Midian, but before he left it: go, return into Egypt : that is, directly, immediately; before he had only given him a commission at large to go thither, but had not fixed the time when he should go; but now he orders him to set forward at once: for all the men are dead which sought thy life ; to take it away, the king of Egypt, and his ministers, and the friends of the Egyptian Moses... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:20

And Moses took his wife, and his sons ,.... Gershom and Eliezer; by which it appears that he intended to stay in Egypt, and that he believed that God would work deliverance by him: and set them upon an ass : which though with us a mean creature, yet in those times and countries were rode upon by great personages; and these, as Aben Ezra says, were reckoned in Egypt more honourable than mules. It may be the singular is put for the plural, and that each of them was set upon an ass, with... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:15

I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth - Ye shall be both, in all things which I appoint you to do in this business, under the continual inspiration of the Most High. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:16

He shall be thy spokesman - Literally, He shall speak for thee (or in thy stead) to the people. He shall be to thee instead of a mouth - He shall convey every message to the people; and thou shalt be to him instead of God - thou shalt deliver to him what I communicate to thee. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 4:10-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 4:18-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 4:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 4:16

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