17And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. …
Commentary
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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