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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 3:12

Certainly I will be with thee. — Heb., since I will be with thee. An answer addressed not to the thing said, but to the thing meant. Moses meant to urge that he was unfit for the mission. God’s reply is, “Not unfit, since I will be with thee.” I will supply all thy defects, make good all thy shortcomings. “My strength is made perfect in weakness.”

This shall be a token unto thee. — It is in accordance with the Divine economy to give men "tokens,” which are future, and appeal to faith only, (Comp. 1 Samuel 2:34; 2 Kings 19:27.)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 3:12. _CERTAINLY I WILL BE WITH THEE_] This great event shall not be left to thy wisdom and to thy power; my counsel shall direct thee, and my power shall bring all these mighty things to...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A TOKEN UNTO THEE - Or the sign. The word means a declaration or promise of God, which rests absolutely on His word, and demands faith. The promise that God would have the people serve Him in that pla...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 THE BURNING BUSH AND THE CALL AND COMMISSION OF MOSES _ 1. The vision of the burning bush (Exodus 3:1)_ 2. Jehovah speaks and calls Moses (Exodus 3:4) 3. Moses' answer (Exodus 3:11) 4. T...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 2:23 TO EXODUS 3:15. THE CALL OF MOSES ( FIRST ACCOUNT). Exodus 2:23_ a_, J, Exodus 2:23 _b_ -...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    WILL BE WITH THEE. The Lord is not moved from his purpose by the objection of Moses. He obviates it by undeniable argument, _I will be with thee._ The power of God with us certainly surmounts all dif...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I WILL BE WITH THEE. Here the meaning of name "Jehovah" is anticipated. GOD. Hebrew. _eth ha 'Elohim,_ very emphatic. God Himself. the Triune God. Compare "deliver", Exodus 3:8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Exodus 3:1 TO EXODUS 4:17. Moses commissioned by Jehovah at Horeb to deliver His people. The dialogue between Jehovah and Moses, as in other cases (cf. Delitzsch on Genesis 12:1), must be pictured, no...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 64 GOD’S PRESENCE WITH HIS PEOPLE Exodus 3:12. _And he said, Certainly I will be with thee._ THERE is nothing more amiable in the character of a saint than true and genuine humility. Witho...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THIS SHALL BE A TOKEN, &C.— This part of the verse would be more properly rendered thus: _and this_ (namely, the vision) _is,_ or _shall be_ (for there is no verb in the Hebrew) _a sign unto thee, tha...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 3 Now Mo-ses was keeping the flock of Je-thro his father-in-law, the priest of Mid-i-an: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SAID, I HAVE SURELY SEEN THE AFFLICTION OF MY PEOPLE WHICH ARE IN EGYPT, AND HAVE HEARD THEIR CRY BY REASON OF THEIR TASKMASTERS; FOR I KNOW THEIR SORROWS;_ I have surely seen the affli...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    3:12 will (d-6) Or 'Certainly will I.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CALL OF MOSES AND HIS COMMISSION TO BE THE DELIVERER OF ISRAEL 1. Horeb] The names Horeb and Sinai seem to be synonymous, though it has been suggested that Horeb is the name given to the entire mo...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ כִּֽי ־אֶֽהְיֶ֣ה עִמָּ֔ךְ וְ זֶה

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GOD'S MESSAGE FROM THE BUSH Exodus 3:1 The learning of Egypt was not sufficient to equip Moses for his life-work. He is taken to the solitudes of the wilderness. _That_ is God's college. All who have...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At last the actual call of God came to Moses. It found him fulfilling a daily duty, keeping the sheep of his father-in-law. There can be no doubt that in the silent solitudes of the wilderness he had...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he said, (m) Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountai...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    A sign. Moses had modestly represented his own inability to perform so great a work, and such God generally selects. He encourages them therefore with a sign, to the splendour of which he was then a w...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    So said the Lord Jesus to his ministering servants, Matthew 28:20....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    12._And he said, Certainly I will be with thee. _It is remarkable that God sets his ready help alone against all to overcome every fear, and to take away every scruple; as much as to say, It matters n...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But at last God looks upon His people, and not only gives the faith that identifies itself with His people, but displays the power which delivers them. That Moses, who was rejected as a prince and a j...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID, CERTAINLY I WILL BE WITH THEE,.... To encourage and strengthen him; to protect, defend, and preserve him, and to succeed and prosper him; to give him credit and respect with the people of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Certainly I will be with thee_ Those that are weak in themselves, yet may do wonders, being strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. God's presence puts wisdom and strength into the weak an...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses keepeth Iethros flocke. 2 God appeareth to him in a burning bush. 9 He sendeth him to deliuer Israel. 14 The name of God. 15 His message to Israel. 1 NOWE Moses kept the flocke of Iethro...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And He said, Certainly I will be with thee, the presence, the power, and the wisdom of God was to accompany Moses; AND THIS SHALL BE A TOKEN UNTO THEE THAT I HAVE SENT THEE: WHEN THOU HALT BROUGHT FOR...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE EMPHATIC COMMISSION...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    C. THE CALL OF MOSES. HIS REFUSAL AND OBEDIENCE. HIS ASSOCIATION WITH AARON AND THEIR FIRST MISSION TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL Exodus 2:3 1Now Moses kept [was pasturing] the flock of Jethro his father-i...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-15 Formerly Moses thought himself able to deliver Israel, and set himself to the work too hastily. Now, when the fittest person on earth for it, he knows his own weakness. This was the effect of m...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THIS SHALL BE A TOKEN UNTO THEE; either, 1. This vision; or, 2. The fulfilling of this promise, that I WILL BE WITH THEE by signs and wonders, and a strong hand; or rather, 3. This which here follow...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    We shall now resume the personal history of Moses, and contemplate him during that deeply-interesting period of his career which he spent in retirement-a period including, as we should say, forty of h...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 3:12 said H559 (H8799) sign H226 that H3588 sent H7971 (H8804) brought H3318 (H8687) people...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HE REVEALS HIMSELF AS YAHWEH, THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS WITH THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE (EXODUS 3:6). a Yahweh declares that He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:6 a). b Moses hides hi...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 3:1 This narrative is a chain of glorious wonders. We see here I. An old man called to go out on the great errand of his life. The education of Moses for the great mission of his life lasted...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This chapter tells of the appearance of God to Moses in the Wilderness. Has he removed from us brethren? He used to be seen by godly souls by mount and stream and sea; and even bushes were alive and b...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Moses called as deliverer. The burning bush. CHARACTERS: Jethro, Moses, angel. CONCLUSION: Those qualified for great service may expect for a time to be confined to obscurity for special p...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 3:1. _Horeb_ and Sinai are the same mountain, almost surrounded by two branches of the Red sea. But it has two summits, Sinai on the east, and Horeb on the west. Justinian built a monastery her...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Certainly I will be with thee._ THE GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS Take this assurance as applying to the whole service of sanctified life, and it entitles us to draw four practical inferences. I. “Certainl...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS 3:1 Call of Moses. These chapters focus primarily on the call of Moses at the burning bush (Exodus 3:1). They also cover Moses’ return from Midian to Egypt: the peaceful departure from Jethro ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 3:11 WHO AM I...? Moses’ question makes sense, and God does not criticize him for asking it (v. Exodus 3:11). “I will be wi

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 3:11_ MINISTERIAL TIMIDITY I. IT IS SOMETIMES OCCASIONED BY UNDUE AND DEPRECIATING THOUGHTS OF SELF. (Exodus 3:11.) _By undue thought of our social position...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    THE CALL AND MISSION OF MOSES. EXPOSITION EXODUS 3:1 THE MISSION OF MOSES. After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and for spiritual communion...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to mount Horeb (Exodus 3:1). Now n...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Certainly. Exodus 4:12 Exodus 4:15 Genesis 15:1 Genesis 31:3 Deuteronomy 3

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE DELIVERER Exodus 3:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We continue a study concerning Israel in _Egypt_ and God's great deliverance which He wrought through Moses. We wish to refer you to the 9th verse of ou...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Certainly I will be with thee — Those that are weak in themselves, yet may do wonders being strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. God's presence puts wisdom and strength into the weak and...

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