The elders of Israel. — Not so much the old men generally, as the rulers — those who bore authority over the rest — men of considerable age, no doubt, for the most part. Rosenmüller reasonably concludes from this direction that the Hebrews, even during the oppression, enjoyed some kind of internal organisation and native government (Schol, in Exod. p. 58).
I have surely visited. — Heb., Visiting, I have visited. (Comp. Genesis 1:24.)
Verse Exodus 3:16. _ELDERS OF ISRAEL_] Though it is not likely the Hebrews were permitted to have any regular government at this time, yet there can be no doubt of their having such a government in t...
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...
EXODUS 3:16 J. MESSAGE TO THE ELDERS. This paragraph, which overlaps the last, contains J's account of Moses's instructions, which are to be passed on (not as in Exodus 3:15 E, to the people at large,...
SURELY VISITED YOU. Figure of speech Polyptoton, "visiting. have visited you" (App-6). Genesis 50:24; Genesis 50:25. SEEN. Ellipsis of the second verb. Figure of speech _Zeugma (Protozeugma)._ App-6....
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...
I HAVE SURELY VISITED YOU— We add, in the next clause, _and seen;_ whereas there is no word for _seen_ in the original. The verse might, with great propriety, be rendered, _I have surely viewed_ or _o...
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...
_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...
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...
ELDERS OF ISRAEL] The heads or representatives of the tribes and families. It appears from this that even in Egypt the Israelites had some kind of organisation. In the Pentateuch, when the people of I...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 3 GOD CALLS MOSES 3:1 – 4:17 THE BUSH THAT BURNED – VERSES 1-6 V1 N...
לֵ֣ךְ וְ אָֽסַפְתָּ֞ אֶת ־זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל...
Exodus 3:16. THE COMMISSION. Exodus 3:10, Exodus 3:16. We have already learned from the seventh verse that God commissioned Moses, only when He had Himself descended to deliver Israel. He sends non...
MOSES SENT TO DELIVER ISRAEL Exodus 3:13 How unlike this Moses was to the man who, forty years before, had acted with such impulsive haste, Acts 7:23. He had learned much since then, and most about h...
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...
_Ancients. Perhaps there might be 72 magistrates already among the Hebrews, as there were afterwards in the desert (Grotius); or more probably they were only the chiefs of families, and leading men am...
Joel 2:15; Luke 1:68....
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...
16._Go and gather. _Because it was not easy either to gather the whole people into one place, or for his commission to be heard by so great a multitude, Moses is commanded to begin with the elders, an...
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...
GO AND GATHER THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL TOGETHER,.... Not all the ancient men among them, nor the "judges" of the people of Israel; for it does not appear there were such among them in Egypt, until they ca...
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [see...
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...
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, visiting...
THE EMPHATIC COMMISSION...
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...
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...
16-22 Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart, and opens the ear, could say beforehand, They shall hearken to thy voice; for he would make t...
THE ELDERS; either by age, or rather by office and authority. For though they were all slaves to the Egyptians, yet among themselves they retained some order and government, and had doubtless some who...
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...
Exodus 3:16 Go H3212 (H8798) gather H622 (H8804) elders H2205 Israel H3478 say H559 (H8804) LORD...
MOSES IS THEREFORE TO GO TO THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL AND PROMISE A GLORIOUS DELIVERANCE (EXODUS 3:16). a Moses is to gather the elders and explain that Yahweh the God of their fathers has visited them a...
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...
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...
_Gather the elders._ THE WISDOM OF GATHERING THE FEW; OR THE CONSIDERATENESS OF THE DIVINE BEING IN REFERENCE TO THE MISSION OF HIS SERVANTS I. This would be the most effective method of enlightenin...
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 ...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 3:16 GO AND GATHER THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL TOGETHER AND SAY TO THEM. This is the first time Moses is told to relay the Lord’s words to Israel....
_ILLUSTRATIONS_ EXODUS 3:14. Tully relateth how Simonides, being asked by Hiero, the king of Sicily, what God was, desired one day to consider of it; and after one day being past, having not yet found...
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...
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...
elders. Exodus 4:29 Exodus 18:12 Exodus 24:11 Genesis 1:7 Matthew 26:3...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
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...