Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Exodus 4:20
The rod of God — His shepherd's crook so called, as it was God's instrument in so many glorious works.
The rod of God — His shepherd's crook so called, as it was God's instrument in so many glorious works.
Verse Exodus 4:20. _HIS WIFE AND HIS SONS_] Both Gershom and Eliezer, though the birth of the latter has not yet been mentioned in the Hebrew text. Exodus 2:22. _SET THEM UPON AN ASS_] The Septuagin...
AN ASS - Literally, “the ass,” which, according to Hebrew idiom, means that he set them upon asses. This is the first notice of other sons besides Gershom. THE ROD OF GOD - The staff of Moses was con...
CHAPTER 4:1-28 MOSES' OBJECTIONS, JEHOVAH'S ANSWER AND THE RETURN TO EGYPT _ 1. The first objection (Exodus 4:1)_ 2. The two signs and Jehovah's assurance (Exodus 4:2) 3. The second objection (Exod...
EXODUS 4:19 A J. MOSES IS RECALLED BY YAHWEH TO EGYPT. This piece probably originally followed Exodus 2:23_ a_, the narrative of the revelation at the bush having been antedated by the compiler, to do...
SONS. Gershom and Eliezer. See on Exodus 2:1. UPON AN ASS. Still young, So that Moses married after many years in Midian. ROD OF GOD. His own rod is now thus dignified....
THE ROD OF GOD— It is so called, because it was, in the hand of Moses, the symbol of Divine Power, and the instrument by which he wrought all the prodigies that signalized his ministry....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 4 And Mo-ses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Je-ho-vah hath not appeared unto thee. (2) And Je-ho...
_AND MOSES TOOK HIS WIFE AND HIS SONS, AND SET THEM UPON AN ASS, AND HE RETURNED TO THE LAND OF EGYPT: AND MOSES TOOK THE ROD OF GOD IN HIS HAND._ Took ... wife, and ... sons, and set them upon an as...
4:20 an (b-14) Or 'his.'...
SIGNS ATTESTING THE COMMISSION OF MOSES. HIS RETURN TO EGYPT Moses still hesitates, and now objects that the péople will not believe him when he tells them that Jehovah has sent him. He is granted th...
HIS SONS] Only one has been previously mentioned, but a second had been born in Midian: see Exodus 2:22....
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 4 THE *LORD GIVES GREAT POWER TO MOSES – VERSES 1-9 God shows his po...
HIS SONS. — Only one had been mentioned previously, viz., Gershom (Exodus 2:22), unless we accept the Vulgate addition to that place. But another had been recently born to him. SET THEM UPON AN ASS. —...
וַ יִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶת ־אִשְׁתֹּ֣ו וְ אֶת
MOSES OBEYS _._ Exodus 4:18. Moses is now commissioned: he is to go to Egypt, and Aaron is coming thence to meet him. Yet he first returns to Midian, to Jethro, who is both his employer and the head...
MOSES AND AARON ANNOUNCE GOD'S PURPOSE TO ISRAEL Exodus 4:18 So often the keenest tests of a man's fitness for his life-work are furnished by his behavior in his home. It may be that Zipporah had res...
A further difficulty was now declared. The man who first doubted himself and then doubted because of his ignorance of God now doubted because of the people to whom he was to be sent. God had told him...
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the (h) rod of God in his hand. (h) By which he wrought the miracles....
Acts 26:19...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
20._And Moses took his wife. _By taking his wife and children with him, Moses clearly and freely professed, that he was returning to Egypt, to dwell there. The ass upon which he set them, is a plain p...
Moses still raises difficulties, and God gives him again signs, remarkable signs. The two first seem to me in their character-types, the first, of sin and of its healing; the second, of power, which,...
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 A...
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. Ver. 20. _Upon an ass._] This may argue his poverty, a...
Exo. 4:20. _Moses's rod. _ "And Moses took the rod of God in his hand." This rod typified the word, both the personal word, and the word of Revelation. The Word of God is called the rod of God's stren...
_The Lord said unto Moses_ This seems to have been a second vision, whereby God calls him to the present execution of the command given before. _The rod of God_ His shepherd's crook, so called, as it...
1 Moses rod is turned into a Serpent. 6 His hand is leprous. 10 He is loath to bee sent. 14 Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from Iethro. 21 Gods message to Pharaoh. 24 Zippo...
And Moses took his wife and his sons, Gershom and Eliezer, Exodus 18:4, AND SET THEM UPON AN ASS, AND HE RETURNED TO THE LAND OF EGYPT, he started out on his trip to the country of his birth, AND MOSE...
MOSES DISMISSED BY JETHRO...
Exodus 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto 2thee. And Jehovah said unto him, What _is_...
God's message to Moses has been so clear that it cannot be mistaken. He has made no secret of the opposition of Pharaoh, but has declared positively that He would enable Israel to triumph over this an...
18-23 After God had appeared in the bush, he often spake to Moses. Pharaoh had hardened his own heart against the groans and cries of the oppressed Israelites; and now God, in the way of righteous ju...
His sons, Gershom, EXODUS 2:22, and Eliezer, EXODUS 18:4, whom he intended to carry with him; but afterwards observing that they were like to be impediments to him in his great business, and being wel...
We are still called to linger at the foot of Mount Horeb, at "the backside of the desert;" and, truly, the air of this place is most healthful for the spiritual constitution. Man's unbelief and God's...
Exodus 4:20 Moses H4872 took H3947 (H8799) wife H802 sons H1121 set H7392 (H8686) donkey H2543 returned...
MOSES LEAVES MIDIAN FOR EGYPT (EXODUS 4:18). This is a section of powerful contrasts. On the one hand Jethro is Moses' tribal leader with acknowledged rights (Exodus 4:18 a), on the other Yahweh deman...
CONTENTS: Moses' objections. Unbelief of the people and Moses' lack of eloquence. Return to Egypt. Message delivered to elders. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Jethro, Zipporah, elders. CONCLUSION: U...
Exodus 4:1. _They will not believe me._ Then the Lord directed him to work a miracle, the most convincing evidence of divine authority, for the removal of unbelief. Exodus 4:2. _A rod._ Milton has dis...
_Returned to the land of Egypt._ THE JOURNEY TO EGYPT I. That a good man journeying on the service of God should take his family with him. Never go on any good errand without your family; teach the...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 4:18 These verses are a transition from Moses’ exile in Midian to his return to Egypt. ⇐ ⇔
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:20_ THE JOURNEY TO EGYPT I. THAT A GOOD MAN JOURNEYING ON THE SERVICE OF GOD SHOULD TAKE HIS FAMILY WITH HIM. “And Moses took his wife and sons,” &c. When...
EXPOSITION EXODUS 4:18-2 If Moses had, as we have supposed, been accepted into the Midianitish nation, he would need permission to withdraw himself from the tribal head. This head was now Jether, or...
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me (Exodus 4:1), Now he's not convinced. They're gonna say, "Who sent you?" "All right", God said, "Tell them Jehovah God, the God of y...
the rod of God. Exodus 4:2 Exodus 4:17 Exodus 17:9 Numbers 20:8 Numbers 20:9...