Exodus 4:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. ”

Exodus 4:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:21-23 J. The Death of Pharaoh's Firstborn is Threatened. Exodus 4:22 f. seems to have been moved back hither from before Exodus 10:28 to serve as a general introduction to the Plagu...
Exodus 4:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. And I say unto thee, Let my son go. This was not the beginning of the legation, but its final clause; for Moses warned the desperate man of his son’s death, when everything else had been...
Exodus 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. Let my son go, that he may serve me - Which they could n...
Exodus 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. If thou refuse ... I will slay thy son, even thy f...
Exodus 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will slay thy son, even thy first-born. — The threat was not made until immediately before the tenth plague ( Exodus 11:5 ). It is not recorded in the words which Moses is here directed to use; b...
Exodus 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is the first time we meet with that solemn prefatory expression which, in the succeeding parts of scripture, holy men, acting under the divine authority, adopted: Thus saith the Lord. And when G...
Exodus 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I say unto thee, let my son go, that he may serve me ,.... Worship God according to his will in the place he had designed for him, and where he might be safe and free; and which service was due...
Exodus 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn. Ver. 23. Let my son go. ] God commanding Pharaoh to l...
Exodus 4:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Which I have put in thy hand In thy power: I will harden his heart After he has frequently hardened it himself, wilfully shutting his eyes against the light, I will at last permit Satan to harden...
Exodus 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Moses Returns in Egypt. B. C. 1491. 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father...
Exodus 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I say unto thee; I command thee; for saying is put for commanding, Luke 4:3 , Luke 9:54 ; and in 1 Chronicles 21:19 , compared with 2 Samuel 24:19 . I will slay thy son; by which plag...
Exodus 4:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Three Sons ( Exodus 4:21-26 ). This section could be described as being at the heart of the book of Exodus, for it deals with three attitudes that lie at the heart of God's dealings with the w...
Exodus 4:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 4:21-23 THE ANTICIPATION OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE I. That very frequently God causes good men to anticipate Christian service . 1. It is often anticipa...
Exodus 4:23 - 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 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Israel is My son, even My firstborn. The primogeniture of the good I. That the good have a Divine father. 1. He is merciful to the children. 2. He vindicates the children from their foes....
Exodus 4:23 - 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 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moses dismissed by Jethro
Exodus 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 11:5 Exodus 12:29 Psalms 78:51 Psalms 105:36 Psalms 135:8
Exodus 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let my son go — Not only my servant whom thou hast no right to detain, but my son whose liberty and honour I am jealous for. If thou refuse, I will slay thy son, even thy first — born — As men deal...

Exodus 4:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 4:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 4:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 4:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 4:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 4:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 4:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes