Exodus 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. ”

Exodus 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Put off thy shoes - The reverence due to holy places thus rests upon God’s own command. The custom itself is well known from the observances of the temple, it was almost universally adopted by th...
Exodus 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: (e) put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] (f) holy ground. (e) Resign yourself to me; ( Ruth 4:7 ; Joshua 5:15 ). (f) Bec...
Exodus 3:5 - 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 - Exodus 2:25 P, Exodus 3:1 E, Exodus 3:2-4 a, J, Exodus 3:4 b , E, Exodus...
Exodus 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Put off thy shoes - It is likely that from this circumstance all the east...
Exodus 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he said, Draw not nigh— Soon as Moses discerned this astonishing sight, his curiosity was raised, and he turned aside to contemplate it; doing which, as some suppose, with too much boldness,...
Exodus 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Put off thy shoes. The direction was in conformity with a usage whi...
Exodus 3:5 - 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 entir...
Exodus 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Put off thy shoes. — Rather, thy sandals. It is doubtful whether shoes were known at this early date. They would certainly not have been worn in Midian. Egyptians before the time of Moses, and Or...
Exodus 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER III. THE BURNING BUSH. Exodus 2:23 - Exodus 3:1-22 "In process of time the king of Egypt died," probably the great Raamses, no other of whose dynasty had a reign which extended ov...
Exodus 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Message from the Bush Exodus 3:1-12 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...
Exodus 3:5 - 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...
Exodus 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The putting off the shoe is figurative for the putting on holy reverence, and godly fear. Joshua 5:15 . It is not meant to forbid a drawing nigh to God, for David says, it is good to draw nigh unto...
Exodus 3:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

REVERENCE ‘Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.’ Exodus 3:5 The text is a call to reverence. I need hardly say how much that duty is dwelt...
Exodus 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, draw not nigh hither ,.... Keep a proper distance: put off thy shoes from off thy feet ; dust and dirt cleaving to shoes, and these being ordered to be put off from the feet, the inst...
Exodus 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground. Ver. 5. Draw not nigh. ] Be not rash, but reverent. Heathens could say...
Exodus 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Draw not nigh hither Keep thy distance. Thus God checks his curiosity and forwardness, and disposes his mind to the greater reverence and humility. Put off thy shoes from thy feet This is require...
Exodus 3:5 - L. 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 a...
Exodus 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Burning Bush. B. C. 1491. 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, th...
Exodus 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Draw not nigh hither; keep thy distance; whereby he checks his curiosity and forwardness, and works him to the greater reverence and humility. Compare Exodus 19:12,21 Jos 5:15 . Put off thy sho...
Exodus 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Moses ( Exodus 3:1 to Exodus 4:17 ). What has gone before was preparatory to what follows. It is now that the main story of the book begins, which will take us from God's call to Mos...
Exodus 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 3:1-6 MAN IN RELATION TO MYSTERY I. That sometimes men meet with mystery in the pursuit of their daily calling. “Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro.”...
Exodus 3:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 3:1-14 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 l...
Exodus 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 mus...
Exodus 3:5 - 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...
Exodus 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

A flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. Moses at the burning bush I. The story of Moses is the story, at first, of failure. Two great streams of influences moulded his life--the one drawn f...
Exodus 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE CALL AND MISSION OF MOSES. EXPOSITION Exodus 3:1-2 THE MISSION OF MOSES . After forty years of monotonous pastoral life, affording abundant opportunity for meditation, and fo...
Exodus 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Burning Bush
Exodus 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

draw not. Exodus 19:12 Exodus 19:21 Leviticus 10:3 Hebrews 12:20 put off. Genesis 28:16 Genesis 28:17 Joshua 5:15 Ecclesiastes 5:1 Acts 7:33
Exodus 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

God Reveals Himself to Moses Exodus 3:1-8 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 Jethr...
Exodus 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Put off thy shoes from off thy feet — The putting off the shoe was then what the putting off the hat is now, a token of respect and submission. The ground is holy ground, made so by this special ma...

Exodus 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 3:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes