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Selected Verse: Exodus 4:29 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 4:29 |
King James |
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Moses and Aaron went--towards Egypt, Zipporah and her sons having been sent back. (Compare Exo 18:2).
gathered . . . all the elders--Aaron was spokesman, and Moses performed the appointed miracles--through which "the people" (that is, the elders) believed (Kg1 17:24; Jos 3:2) and received the joyful tidings of the errand on which Moses had come with devout thanksgiving. Formerly they had slighted the message and rejected the messenger. Formerly Moses had gone in his own strength; now he goes leaning on God, and strong only through faith in Him who had sent him. Israel also had been taught a useful lesson, and it was good for both that they had been afflicted. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| All the elders - The Israelites retained their own national organization; their affairs were administered by their own elders, who called a public assembly Exo 4:31 to hear the message brought by Moses and Aaron. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| To cause the lamps to burn - Heb. the lamp: yet |
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.