And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land (i) flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
(i) Most plentiful of all things.
Verse Exodus 3:8. _AND I AM COME DOWN TO DELIVER THEM_] This is the very purpose for which I am now come down upon this mountain, and for which I manifest myself to thee. _LARGE - LAND_] Canaan, whe...
The natural richness of Palestine, the variety and excellence of its productions, are attested by sacred (compare Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6) and ancient writers, whose descriptions are strongly in...
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 2:23 TO EXODUS 3:15. THE CALL OF MOSES ( FIRST ACCOUNT). Exodus 2:23_ a_, J, Exodus 2:23 _b_ -...
AM COME DOWN TO DELIVER THEM. When the Scriptures speak of God "coming down" they use the language to adapt themselves to human understanding. It is meant that God would now intervene for the deliver...
DELIVER. Connect this with "serve" in Exodus 3:12. and connect both with 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:10. GOOD. Five-fold description of the land: good, large, milk, honey, place of the
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...
A GOOD LAND AND A LARGE, &C.— The land of Canaan is here described as good and large, and abounding with plenty; _flowing with milk and honey,_ a proverbial expression, denoting plenty; and, as such,...
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...
FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY] A proverbial expression indicating fertility and abundance. On the tribes inhabiting Canaan see on Genesis 10; Numbers 34:1. 11. With the hesitation of Moses compare that...
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...
I AM COME DOWN. — By condescension to human infirmity, which conceives of all things under the limitations of time and space, God is spoken of as dwelling ordinarily in heaven, or “the heaven of heave...
וָ אֵרֵ֞ד לְ הַצִּילֹ֣ו ׀ מִ יַּ֣ד מִצְרַ֗יִם
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...
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...
_Spacious, compared with that of Gessen. Chanaan was not above 210 miles long, and 70 broad. (Brocard.) St. Jerome does not allow so much. Hecateus says that the Jews had three million acres of excell...
Isaiah 63:4. And doth not the Lord repeat this perpetually to all his tried family? Is not Jesus actually come down to bring his people up to the heavenly Canaan? What doth he say! Pray read that prec...
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...
8._And I am come down to deliver them. _He now more clearly announces his intention not only to relieve their present calamity, but to fulfill the promise given to Abraham as to the possession of Cana...
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...
AND I AM COME DOWN TO DELIVER THEM OUT OF THE HAND OF THE EGYPTIANS,.... Which must be understood consistent with the omnipresence of God, who is everywhere, and strictly speaking cannot be said to re...
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the...
_I am come down to deliver them_ When God doth something very extraordinary, he is said to _come down_ to do it, as Isaiah 64:1. This deliverance was typical of our redemption by Christ, and in that t...
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...
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the...
THE COMMAND TO GO TO EGYPT...
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...
7-10 God notices the afflictions of Israel. Their sorrows; even the secret sorrows of God's people are known to him. Their cry; God hears the cries of his afflicted people. The oppression they endured...
I AM COME DOWN: this word notes God's manifestation of himself and his favour, and giving help from heaven. See GENESIS 18:21. It was A GOOD LAND AND A LARGE, not only comparatively to Goshen, where t...
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 3:8 down H3381 (H8799) deliver H5337 (H8687) hand H3027 Egyptians H4714 bring H5927 (H8687) land...
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...
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...
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...
Exodus 3:1. _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 Horeb._ It must h...
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...
_I am come down to deliver them._ THE WORLD’S SORROW AND CHRIST’S REDEMPTION 1. Christ came down from heaven. 2. Christ came at the call of the world’s sorrow. 3. Christ came to achieve the world’...
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 3:7 God tells Moses that he knows about Israel’s affliction (I HAVE... SEEN, HEARD, KNOW; see also...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 3:7_ THE CALLING OF A GREAT DELIVERER I. HIS CALL WAS RENDERED NECESSARY BY INTENSE NATIONAL SUFFERING. (Exodus 3:7). 1. _The sufferings to which the Israe...
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...
I am. Genesis 11:5 Genesis 11:7 Genesis 18:21 Genesis 50:24 Psalms 18:9
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO MOSES Exodus 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we enter the Scripture for today we find Moses eighty years of age. He had spent forty years in Egypt and forty years with Jethro, his...
I am come down to deliver them — When God doth something very extraordinary, he is said to come down to do it, as Isaiah 64:1. This deliverance was typical of our redemption by Christ, and in that the...