“ And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:a ”
There appears to have been an interval of some months between the preceding events and this renewal of the promise to Moses. The oppression in the meantime was not merely driving the people to desp...
P's Second Account of Moses's Call. Till the method of Hebrew compilers was understood, it was natural to take this as the account of a second call. It is now seen to be the account of his call in...
God spake . Occurs only twice in Exodus: here, and 20. See notes on Exodus 3:7 with Exodus 6:10 . God . Hebrew. Elohim . App-4. the LORD . Jehovah . Note the repetition five times in this r...
2. And God spake. God pursues His address, that Moses may again uplift the fainting courage of the people. Moreover, He rebukes their distrust, by recalling the memory of His covenant; for i...
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: I am the Lord - It should be, I am Jehovah, and without this the reason of what is said in the 3d verse is not sufficiently obvious.
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: And God spoke unto Moses. For his further encouragement, there was made to him an emphatic repetition of the promise ( Exodus 3:20...
The Renewal of the Promise. Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi 1. The strong hand is the hand of Jehovah, not of Pharaoh. So RV renders, 'by a strong hand,' i.e. under the compelling force...
CHAPTER VI. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MOSES. Exodus 6:1-30 . We have seen that the name Jehovah expresses not a philosophic meditation, but the most bracing and reassuring truth--viz., that an im...
God's Name Confirms His Promises Exodus 6:2-9 The statement of Exodus 6:3 is at first sight, startling, because we remember several passages in Genesis where that sacred name appears. But thi...
Here commences the section of Exodus devoted to the subject of national deliverance. Everything began with a solemn charge to Moses. It is first an answer to the complaint which God's servant had utt...
How sweet and precious is this declaration! Reader! do you know the Lord under this glorious character? It means everything that can carry with it self-existence, and self-sufficiency. See Isaiah 40...
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord. Or Jehovah, the self-existent Being, the Being of beings, the everlasting I am, the unchangeable Jehovah, true, firm, and constant to his...
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I [am] the LORD: Ver. 2. I am Jehovah. ] Aυταυτος (Scaliger's a word); that do Press b (Gregory's word); that have being of myself, give being to...
I am the Lord That is, Jehovah , on which word the emphasis is laid, and it is to be wished that it had been always preserved in this translation, and especially in such passages as this, the sens...
GOD'S FURTHER PATIENT PREPARATION (vs.1-13) The impatience of Moses and of the children of Israel could not hasten God to act out of impatience. He accomplished matters in His own wise way. He te...
The Promise of Deliverance. B. C. 1491. 1 Then the L ORD said unto Moses, Now shalt tho...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Yahweh's Response to Pharaoh's Behaviour and Promise to His People ( Exodus 6:2-9 ). This promise is in the usual form of a chiasmus as follows: a God speaks to Moses ( Exodus 6:2 a). b God s...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 6:1-4 . Then the Lord] We can scarcely err in saying that this verse should go with chap 5; and, as furnishing the immediate answer of Jehovah to the complaint of Moses, i...
Exodus 6:1 . With a strong hand. In a general view we do not find that heaven has recourse to miracles, except when religion is low and greatly depressed, somewhat as a fire which is burnt down ha...
I am the Lord. Duty to Jehovah Consider the meaning of our duty to God; the great truth that we have such a duty; and how it comes about that we have it. I. Duty is something which is due fr...
DEPRESSION OF MOSES , AND CONFIRMATION OF HIS MISSION . EXPOSITION Exodus 6:1-2 The expostulation of Moses did not offend God. God gave him, in reply to it, a most gracious s...
The Lord Sends a Comforting Message
I am the Lord. or, Jehovah Exodus 6:6 Exodus 6:8 Exodus 14:18 Exodus 17:1 Exodus 20:2 Genesis 15:7 Isaiah 42:8 Isaiah 43:11 Isaiah 43:15 Isaiah 44:6 Jeremiah 9:24 Malachi 3:6...
Faith as Exemplified in Moses Selections from Exodus 3:1-22 ; Exodus 6:1-30 ; Exodus 7:1-25 ; Exodus 8:1-32 ; Exodus 14:1-31 ; Exodus 15:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Children of Israe...
l am Jehovah — The same with I am that I am, the fountain of being and blessedness, and infinite perfection. The patriarchs knew this name, but they did not know him in this matter by that which th...