EXODUS. 1 V. Mofes doubting, Is I l text : The bled God fad unto Moles, fay unto them, I that have been, and I the fame.now, and I the Jame f r time to eome,&e. I am,] or, I mill be, hath Pent, &c. The Chaldee paraphrafe called Ionathans, giveth both expofitions : The that war, and hereaf- ter will bekath fens me unto you. 15 V erf t 5. my memoriall] or , the memoriall of mee : that whereby I will beremembred and mentio- ned alwaies. To this theProphets refer us , as in Hof: 12.5. Iehovab God of hop, Iebovab is hit me- moriall : and Iehtrvab thy ,deme safer ever :Iehovab, thy memoriall,is to generation and generation, Pfal.135. 13. and r oz. 13. and generation] or, of generation; that is, all generations (or ages.) The Chaldee fitp- plieth the word and : (as the Hebrew elfewhere cloth in Pfal.13 5.13.)tàying, to every generation and generation. - 16 Vert i 6.Elders:] or Senators : in Greeke the Se- nate: fuch were not only aged men, but teachers and governors of the people,as among other na- tions : See Gen.5o. 7. By the Elders, things were orderly communicated with the multitude, as Exod.t2.3,2r. and 19.3,7. vifiting] theGreek tranllateth,witb viftation; that is, fere/y or carefully vijited, and that in mercy; as Gen. 21.1. Albeit from the word twice repeated fome of the He- brewes gather a vifitation in mbr y concerning Ifrael; and a vifztation ill judgement , concerning the Egyptians, for their affliúing of Ifrael,(as was promifed in Gen. I 5.14.) R.Menacbem on Exed.3 , 17 Verl17. Egypt.] or, the Egyptians,as verf.8. and as the Greeke tranflateth here. Canaanite] that is.Gmaanites,Chetbites, &c. See verf.8. 18 Verf.ib. met with ao ]thatis,appeared unto us,and lb called & commanded us to offer him facrifice. Men are Paid to meet with God by prayer, and her to meet them , by appearing and (peaking unto them;as inNuns. 233,4,15,16. where the Greek tranflateth it appeare. Here the Greeke verfion is,_ he bath called us. three days journey]Hebr. three dales tray. This was,to mount Horeb,where they (hould ferve God,vcrt t z.which itfeemeth was but three dayes journey fromEgypt , had they gone the direft way : but becaule of troubles & feares, they were led about, Esto.13 17,18. fo that they came not thither til the third moneth, Exo.19.1 10f the myflery of this number, tbree,fee the notes on Genet. 22.4. wikkrttef :]the globe of the earth is of three parts, inhabited land, tea , and wilderneffe; which is a place of wild beafls,Mar. 1.13.without inhabitant,without way to goe in, without water5even the fhadow edeath it felfe,Jer. 2.6. Deut. 8.15. Pfal. 107.4,5. into fuch a place mutt Ifrael goe, becaufe they might not facrifice to God in Egypt, Exod. 8. 25. 26. Such was the place of Chrifls tentation 4o dayes, Luk. 4. T. 2. and of II aels 4o yeares,Deu.8.2. where God fed and guided them , as hee did all() the woman that fled into the wilderneffe, from the prefence of the fir- pent Rev. 1 2.14. 19 Ver.19. no not] Hebr.and not : meaning,though he lhould be fmitten with many plagues, yet hee would not let them go willingly. Or and soot,may be here for If not; that is but by firong hand, as the Greeke here tranflateth it : the Chaldee alto faith, but fir fining flare. For tenne plagueswere Pent on Phároah,before bee would let them goe Exod.r. s. t. So and, is put for if, in Exod.4.23. Nuns. t 2.14. Verf..2o. my hand] the Chaldee faith,theplague of 20 my firength, that is, my ffrong plague. Vert. 21. grace] that is,fävour: the Hebrew 21 phrafe is , thegrace of thitpeople; which the Greeke tranflateth, will give graceto this people, that is,will caule them to be favoured. The Chaldee faith, I willgive thinpeople to mercies : (as in Pfal. ro6. 46.) See the like in Gen.3 9.21. Exod. t t .3. Verf.22. jewels] or, inlruments,veffels. Thus the 2 promife made to Abraham in Genet r5.14. was now to be fulfilled. fßoilejSoEze.39.10.they(hall fpoik thofe that Boiled them. e7aii â:GC eYJGC v%LC LIZEZ élS(fi .í`ñcJrxo CHAP. IV. I, Moles doubting that bee fhould not be beleeved, io confirmed by miracles ; of his rod turned to a ferpent ; 6, and hitband leprous. 9, Waters fhould alt be turned to blood. ì o, Moles maketb excufes that bee might not be feat. 14, God ie angry ;& appointeth Aaron to affifi ham. 18, .Mofeergettetb leave of Jethro to depart into E.,rpt. 21, The Lord rehearfeth bit meffage to Pharaoh. 24, He meeteth Moles in the Itme, and feeletb to kill him. 25, Zipperab cirenmcifeth her fame, and bee letterh himgoe. 27, God fendetb Aaron to meet Mofes. 29, Mofes and Aaron doe their meffage unto Ifrael. 31, They beleeve, and are tbankefull. Nd Mofes anfwered,and Paid; But be- hold, they will not beleeve mee, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will fay, Jehovah bath not appeared unto thee. And Jehovah Paid unto him, What is that in z thy hand t And he faid,a rod. And he laid, Cal./ it on the ground ; and he call it on the ground,and it was (turned) to a ferpent : and Mofes fled from before it.And Jehovah laid unto Mofes;Put forth thy hand,& take it by the mile : and he put forth his hand & caught it, and it was (turned) to a rod in his hand. That they may beleeve, that Jehovah the God of their fathers,theGod of Abraham, the God of Ilaak, and the God of Jakob, bath appearedunto thee. And Jehovah laid 6 furthermore unto him , Put now thy hand into thy bofome; and he put his hand into bis bofome; and he tooke it out,and behold, his hand was leprous as (now. And he laid, Returne thy hand into thy bofome ; and he returned his hand into his bofome: and he tooke it out of his bofome, and behold , it was turned as his flefh. And it (hall bee, if they will not beleeve thee ; nor hearken to the voyce of the &rIt ligne, that they will beleeve 3 4 S 7 8
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