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8And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

Exodus 18:8

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  • They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. …

  • And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

  • Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

  • One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. …

  • Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-12)

Observe here, I. The kind greeting that took place between Moses and his father-in-law, Exod. 18:7. Though Moses was a prophet of the Lord, a great prophet, and king in Jeshurun, yet he showed a very humble respect to his father-in-law. However God in his providence is pleased to advance us, we must make conscience of giving honour to whom honour is due, and never look with disdain upon our poor r…

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