3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. …
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Here is, I. A messenger sent to Jeroboam, to signify to him God’s displeasure against his idolatry, 1 Kgs. 13:1. The army of Judah that aimed to ruin him was countermanded, and might not draw a sword against him (1 Kgs. 12:24); but a prophet of Judah is, instead thereof, sent to reclaim him from his evil way, and is sent in time, while he is but dedicating his altar, before his heart is hardened b…
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