Exodus 4:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. ”

Exodus 4:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An ass - Literally, “the ass,” which, according to Hebrew idiom, means that he set them upon asses. This is the first notice of other sons besides Gershom. The rod of God - The staff of Moses...
Exodus 4:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the (h) rod of God in his hand. (h) By which he wrought the miracles.
Exodus 4:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:19-20 a J. Moses is Recalled by Yahweh to Egypt. This piece probably originally followed Exodus 2:23 a , the narrative of the revelation at the bush having been antedated by the compi...
Exodus 4:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sons . Gershom and Eliezer. See on Exodus 2:1 . upon an ass . Still young, So that Moses married after many years in Midian. rod of God . His own rod is now thus dignified.
Exodus 4:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And Moses took his wife. By taking his wife and children with him, Moses clearly and freely professed, that he was returning to Egypt, to dwell there. The ass upon which he set them, is...
Exodus 4:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. His wife and his sons - Both Gershom and Eliezer, thou...
Exodus 4:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The rod of God— It is so called, because it was, in the hand of Moses, the symbol of Divine Power, and the instrument by which he wrought all the prodigies that signalized his ministry.
Exodus 4:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. Took ... wife, and ... sons, and set them upon...
Exodus 4:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Signs Attesting the Commission of Moses. His Return to Egypt Moses still hesitates, and now objects that the péople will not believe him when he tells them that Jehovah has sent him. He is granted...
Exodus 4:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His sons. — Only one had been mentioned previously, viz., Gershom ( Exodus 2:22 ), unless we accept the Vulgate addition to that place. But another had been recently born to him. Set them upon an...
Exodus 4:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES OBEYS . Exodus 4:18-31 . Moses is now commissioned: he is to go to Egypt, and Aaron is coming thence to meet him. Yet he first returns to Midian, to Jethro, who is both his employer and...
Exodus 4:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Moses and Aaron Announce God's Purpose to Israel Exodus 4:18-31 So often the keenest tests of a man's fitness for his life-work are furnished by his behavior in his home. It may be that Zippora...
Exodus 4:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A further difficulty was now declared. The man who first doubted himself and then doubted because of his ignorance of God now doubted because of the people to whom he was to be sent. God had told him...
Exodus 4:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 26:19
Exodus 4:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses took his wife, and his sons ,.... Gershom and Eliezer; by which it appears that he intended to stay in Egypt, and that he believed that God would work deliverance by him: and set them up...
Exodus 4:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. Ver. 20. Upon an ass. ] This may argue his poverty,...
Exodus 4:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord said unto Moses This seems to have been a second vision, whereby God calls him to the present execution of the command given before. The rod of God His shepherd's crook, so called, as it...
Exodus 4:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

God's message to Moses has been so clear that it cannot be mistaken. He has made no secret of the opposition of Pharaoh, but has declared positively that He would enable Israel to triumph over this a...
Exodus 4:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Moses Returns in Egypt. B. C. 1491. 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father...
Exodus 4:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His sons, Gershom, Exodus 2:22 , and Eliezer, Exodus 18:4 , whom he intended to carry with him; but afterwards observing that they were like to be impediments to him in his great business, and...
Exodus 4:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Moses Leaves Midian For Egypt ( Exodus 4:18-20 ). This is a section of powerful contrasts. On the one hand Jethro is Moses' tribal leader with acknowledged rights ( Exodus 4:18 a), on the other Y...
Exodus 4:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:20 THE JOURNEY TO EGYPT I. That a good man journeying on the service of God should take his family with him. “And Moses took his wife and sons,” &a...
Exodus 4:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:1 . They will not believe me. Then the Lord directed him to work a miracle, the most convincing evidence of divine authority, for the removal of unbelief. Exodus 4:2 . A rod. Milton h...
Exodus 4:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Returned to the land of Egypt. The journey to Egypt I. That a good man journeying on the service of God should take his family with him. Never go on any good errand without your family; teach t...
Exodus 4:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 4:18-2 If Moses had, as we have supposed, been accepted into the Midianitish nation, he would need permission to withdraw himself from the tribal head. This head was now J...
Exodus 4:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moses dismissed by Jethro
Exodus 4:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the rod of God. Exodus 4:2 Exodus 4:17 Exodus 17:9 Numbers 20:8 Numbers 20:9
Exodus 4:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The rod of God — His shepherd's crook so called, as it was God's instrument in so many glorious works.

Exodus 4:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 4:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 4:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 4:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 4:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 4:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 4:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 4:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 4:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 4:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 4:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 4:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 4:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes