Chapter 6:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Genesis Leviticus
Exodus 6
Concise Complete
God renews his promise. (1-9) Moses and Aaron again sent
to Pharaoh. (10-13) The parentage of Moses and Aaron. (14-30)
Verses 1-9 We are
most likely to prosper in attempts to glorify God, and to be useful to men, when
we learn by experience that we can do nothing of ourselves; when our whole
dependence is placed on him, and our only expectation is from him. Moses had
been expecting what God would do; but now he shall see what he will do. God
would now be known by his name Jehovah, that is, a God performing what he had
promised, and finishing his own work. God intended their happiness: I will take
you to me for a people, a peculiar people, and I will be to you a God. More than
this we need not ask, we cannot have, to make us happy. He intended his own
glory: Ye shall know that I am the Lord. These good words, and comfortable
words, should have revived the drooping Israelites, and have made them forget
their misery; but they were so taken up with their troubles, that they did not
heed God's promises. By indulging discontent and fretfulness, we deprive
ourselves of the comfort we might have, both from God's word and from his
providence, and go comfortless.
Verses 10-13 The
faith of Moses was so feeble that he could scarcely be kept to his work. Ready
obedience is always according to the strength of our faith. Though our
weaknesses ought to humble us, yet they ought not to discourage us from doing
our best in any service we have to do for God. When Moses repeats his baffled
arguments, he is argued with no longer, but God gives him and Aaron a charge,
both to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh. God's authority is sufficient to
answer all objections, and binds all to obey, without murmuring or disputing,
philippians 2:14.
Verses 14-30
Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as
Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and
Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses returns to his narrative, and repeats
the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh, and his
objection against it. Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to
reflect upon it with regret, as Moses seems to do here. "Uncircumcised," is used
in Scripture to note the unsuitableness there may be in any thing to answer its
proper purpose; as the carnal heart and depraved nature of fallen man are wholly
unsuited to the services of God, and to the purposes of his glory. It is
profitable to place no confidence in ourselves, all our sufficiency must be in
the Lord. We never can trust ourselves too little, or our God too much. I can do
nothing by myself, said the apostle, but I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.
Chapter 6:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Genesis Leviticus
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
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1 Chronicles
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