8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
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And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. …
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)I. Moses objects that in all probability the people would not hearken to his voice (Exod. 4:1), that is, they would not take his bare word, unless he showed them some sign, which he had not been yet instructed to do. This objection cannot be justified, because it contradicts what God had said (Exod. 3:18), They shall hearken to thy voice . If God says, They will , does it become Moses to say, They…
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