And his sister stood afar off.
The child, placed in this water-tight basket, was left among the reeds near the margin in the waters. The sister, no doubt Miriam, now about thirteen years of age, it has been supposed, and undoubtedly older than Aaron, stood at. distance to watch over the fate of the castaway.
2. MOSES THE CHOSEN DELIVERER CHAPTER 2 Moses: His Birth, Education, Choice, and Exile _ 1. His birth and concealment (Exodus 2:1)_ 2. His rescue and education (Exodus 2:5) 3. His choice and failu...
EXODUS 2:1 TO EXODUS 4:31. PREPARATION AND CALL OF MOSES. Exodus 2:1 E. His Birth and Upbringing. If the text can be trusted, we are informed that a man of the house of Levi took (to wife) the (only)...
SISTER. Miriam. TO WIT. to know....
TO WIT WHAT WOULD BE DONE TO HIM— _To observe what should become of him._ They were not without hope, as the watch they set intimated, that some way God might save him from his danger. _Note;_ There a...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 2 And there went a man of the house of Le-vi, and took to wife a daughter of Le-vi. (2) And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodl...
_AND HIS SISTER STOOD AFAR OFF, TO WIT WHAT WOULD BE DONE TO HIM._ His sister - Miriam would probably be a girl of 10 or 12 years of age at the time....
BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES 1. The names of the father and mother of Moses were Amram and Jochebed respectively (see Exodus 6:20). Two children were born to them before Moses. The oldest was a daugh...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 2 Chapter 2 shows how God used women again. They became part of God’s...
HIS SISTER. — Presumably Miriam, the only sister of Moses mentioned elsewhere (Exodus 15:20; Numbers 26:59). To have taken the part which is assigned her in this chapter, she must have been a girl of...
וַ תֵּתַצַּ֥ב אֲחֹתֹ֖ו מֵ רָחֹ֑ק לְ דֵעָ֕ה
CHAPTER II. _ THE RESCUE OF MOSES._ Exodus 2:1. We have said that the Old Testament history teems with political wisdom, lessons of permanent instruction for mankind, on the level of this life, yet...
MOSES PRESERVED BY PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER Exodus 2:1 When matters had reached their worst in respect to Israel's condition, God was preparing a deliverer. The child was more than ordinarily beautiful, Ac...
Here begins the story of Moses. When Pharaoh was beginning to take active steps to oppress the people, God brought to birth the man who was to break Egypt's power. A mother's love is seen scheming for...
_His sister, Mary, who was born at the beginning of this persecution, and was therefore called bitterness. (Haydock) --- She was about 12 years old. (Menochius)_...
Who that beholds the exposure of Moses, but must immediately call to mind the similar situation of the Lord Jesus. See Matthew 2:13...
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...
4._And his sister stood afar off. _It is probable that this was Miriam. (26) By the fact of her standing to watch what became of him, it appears that his parents had some hope remaining, though it was...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. First, we have the historical circumstances which relate to the captivity of Israel-the persecutions which this people had to endure, and the provide...
AND HIS SISTER STOOD AFAR OFF,.... This was Miriam, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it; who is supposed to be about ten or twelve years of age, others say seven: she was placed e, as the word may...
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. Ver. 4. _And his sister._] By a singular instinct of the Holy Spirit, as appears by the event. "The steps of a good man are ordered by...
1 Moses is borne, 3 and in an arke cast into the flags. 5 He is found, and brought vp by Pharaohs daughter. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 13 He reproueth an Hebrew. 15 He fleeth into Midian. 21 Hee...
And his sister stood afar off to wit what would be done with him. Miriam had thus reached an age at which she could volunteer to watch over the baby, to find out what would happen to him. The place ch...
THE BIRTH OF MOSES...
B. THE BIRTH AND MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION OF MOSES. HIS ELEVATION AND FIDELITY TO THE ISRAELITES. HIS TYPICAL ACT OF DELIVERANCE AND APPARENTLY FINAL DISAPPEARANCE. GOD’S CONTINUED PURPOSE TO RELEASE I...
THE BIRTH AND PROTECTION OF MOSES (vs.1-10) God's hand of overruling power and grace is seen beautifully in this chapter. There is nothing spectacular, but an incident takes place that would be norma...
1-4 Observe the order of Providence: just at the time when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to its height by ordering the Hebrew children to be drowned, the deliverer was born. When men are contriving the ruin...
HIS SISTER STOOD AFAR OFF, that she might not be thought to have laid the child there, or to be related to it. This she might very probably guess, both from the circumstances in which she found him, a...
This section of our book abounds in the weightiest principles of divine truth principles, which range themselves under the three following heads, namely, the power of Satan, the power of God, and the...
Exodus 2:4 sister H269 stood H3320 (H8691) off H7350 know H3045 (H8800) done H6213 (H8735)...
THE FIRST FIVE WORDS - ATTITUDE TOWARDS GOD (EXODUS 20:2). The basic principle behind these first commandments is a simple one. It is that Yahweh is supreme, and that to try to depict Him in any heave...
THE BIRTH OF MOSES (EXODUS 2:1). It is noteworthy that out of this dreadful period God produced his man for that hour. For in the midst of the bloodbath and the despair a child was born, who would be...
CONTENTS: Deliverer prepared for Israel. Moses' birth, boyhood and marriage. CHARACTERS: Levi's daughter, Pharaoh's daughter, mother of Moses, sister, Moses, Pharaoh, seven daughters of priests, shep...
Exodus 2:1. _Took to wife._ Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister, as in Exodus 6:20; that is, as the scriptures often afford example, his father's relation. But doubts may be entertained of Jos...
_An ark of bulrushes._ THE BIRTH OF MOSES I. As occurring of noble parentage. 1. They were of moderate social position. 2. They were of strong parental affection. 3. They were of good religious c...
A STORY OF GOD'S CARE His sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. Exodus 2:4. About three thousand years ago there was a kingdom that was very famous. It was one of the most powerf...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 2:1 These facts, together with the account of God’s call on Moses (Exodus 3:1), should lead the people of Israel to embrace Moses as God’s authorized “prince and judge” ...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 2:3. Bulrushes] The well-known Eg_. papyrus_ or _paper-reed_. EXODUS 2:4. STOOD] “Stationed herself.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 2:1_ THE BIRTH OF MOSES I
EXPOSITION. Exodus 2:1. THE BIRTH, ESCAPE, AND EDUCATION OF MOSES. Some years before the Pharaoh issued his edict for the general destruction of the Hebrew male children, Amram of the tribe of Levi,...
There went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him for three months (Exod...
Exodus 15:20 Numbers 12:1 Numbers 20:1 Numbers 26:59 Micah 6:4...
THE CHILD MOSES Exodus 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS "God works in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." As this study opens, we find the Children of Israel in dire distress because of the rigor with w...
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Exodus 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Among the daughters of the Old Testament we have chosen to present to you Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, and the sister of A...