10And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)Moses still continues backward to the service for which God had designed him, even to a fault; for now we can no longer impute it to his humility and modesty, but must own that here was too much of cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in it. Observe here, I. How Moses endeavours to excuse himself from the work. 1. He pleads that he was no good spokesman: O my Lord! I am not eloquent , Exod. 4:10.…
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