CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 6:1. Then the Lord] We can scarcely err in saying that this verse should go with chap 5; and, as furnishing the immediate answer of Jehovah to the complaint of Moses, it brings the narrative to a resting place. Exodus 6:2 begins a new section. 2 BY MY NAME JEHOVAH WAS I NOT K... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 6:9_ PHYSICAL DESTITUTION STIFLING SPIRITUAL LIFE This fact has long since passed away; but its lesson remains ever new. Its body is dead, and has returned to the dust; but its spirit survives immortal. God gave it a body in the actual history of the Hebr... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 6:10_ THE SUCCESSIVE SERVICES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE I. THAT THE SUCCESSIVE SERVICES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ARE REQUIRED NOTWITHSTANDING THE APPARENT FAILURE OF PAST EFFORTS. (Exodus 6:10.) Moses and Aaron had so far failed to induce Pharaoh to release Israe... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 6:14. The heads of their fathers’ houses] It is obvious that Exodus 6:13 form a distinct section: indeed Exodus 6:30 resumes the very words of Exodus 6:13. The interjected portion might seem to interrupt the flow of the narrative; but on closer examination the conclusion that... [ Continue Reading ]