Here, I. God encourages Moses to go to Pharaoh, and at last silences all his discouragements. 1. He clothes him with great power and authority (Exod. 7:1): I have made thee a god to Pharaoh ; that is, my representative in this affair, as magistrates are called gods , because they are God’s vicegerents. He was authorized to speak and act in God’s name and stead, and, under the divine direction, was...