THE CALL AND MISSION OF MOSES.
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Exodus 3:1-22
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Matthew Henry on Exodus 3:1-6Exodus 3:1-6 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe years of the life of Moses are divided into three forties; the first forty he spent as a prince in Pharaoh's court, the second as a shepherd in Midian, the third as a king in Jeshurun. How changeable is the life of…The Burning Bush. (b. c. 1491.)Exodus 3:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE BURNING BUSH. (B. C. 1491.) The years of the life of Moses are remarkably divided into three forties: the first forty he spent as a prince in Pharaoh's court, the second a shepherd in Midian, the third a king in Jes…The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1-22Exodus 3:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE MISSION OF MOSES. After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and for spiritual communion with God, and when he had attained to the great age of eighty years, and th…The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1Exodus 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryMoses kept the flock. The Hebrew expresses that this was his regular occupation. Understand by "flock" either sheep or goats, or the two intermixed. Both anciently and at the present day the Sinaitic pastures support th…The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1-5Exodus 3:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryMoses at the bush. We do not now see burning bushes, or hear voices calling to us from their midst. The reason is, that we do not need them, The series of historical revelations is complete. Revelation in the sense of t…The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1-5Exodus 3:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe bush and its suggestions. Glean here a few of the general suggestions of the passage:— I. REVELATION. The appearance at the bush suggestive— 1. Of the supernatural in Nature. Bushes are aglow all around us, if only…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Exodus 3:1-6The years of the life of Moses are divided into three forties; the first forty he spent as a prince in Pharaoh's court, the second as a shepherd in Midian, the third as a king in Jeshurun. How changeable is the life of…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Burning Bush. (b. c. 1491.)THE BURNING BUSH. (B. C. 1491.) The years of the life of Moses are remarkably divided into three forties: the first forty he spent as a prince in Pharaoh's court, the second a shepherd in Midian, the third a king in Jes…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1-5Moses at the bush. We do not now see burning bushes, or hear voices calling to us from their midst. The reason is, that we do not need them, The series of historical revelations is complete. Revelation in the sense of t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1-5The burning bush. I. OBSERVE THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH GOD FINDS MOSES. He is still with Jethro, although forty years have passed since their first acquaintance. Though a fugitive, he had not become a mere wanderer. 1.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1-6Forty years since, Moses (Exodus 2:11) had "turned aside" from court life in Egypt to see how his brethren the children of Israel fared amid the furnace of trial. The old life seems like a dream, so long ago; the old la…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1-10The Burning Bush. "Behold the bush," etc. Exodus 3:2. A very astonishing event; yet amply evidenced to us by those voluminous arguments which now more than ever establish the authenticity of Exodus; but in addition to t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1Moses kept the flock. The Hebrew expresses that this was his regular occupation. Understand by "flock" either sheep or goats, or the two intermixed. Both anciently and at the present day the Sinaitic pastures support th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 3:1-22THE MISSION OF MOSES. After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and for spiritual communion with God, and when he had attained to the great age of eighty years, and th…Joseph S. Exell and contributors