11And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
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By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; …
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. …
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-15)Moses had now passed the first forty years of his life in the court of Pharaoh, preparing himself for business; and now it was time for him to enter upon action, and, I. He boldly owns and espouses the cause of God’s people: When Moses was grown he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens , Exod. 2:11. The best exposition of these words we have from an inspired pen, Heb. 11:24-26, w…
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