which came fromir ; which ſhe did in ſpighrand anger againit her Husband, as the cauſe of ſo much pain tothe Caild, and grief to her ſelf. k This ſome think ſhe ſpake to the Child, whom ſhe calls her Sposſe, as fome late Rabbin; affirm the Infant uſed ro be called, when it was circumciſed ; though they bring no competent proof for this uſage ; or her So, as rhe Hebrew word chathan f1gnifies, But indeed that ſignifies only a Sor: in-law, as 18am: 18: 18. whichisnot true nor proper here. Yet ſome make theſe to be the form or ſolemn words uſed in Circumciſion, Thou art a Spouſe, or a Son of bloods to me, z.e. made fo to me by the blood of Circumciſion. Bur it doth not appear that *this was the uſual form. Now was it llkely, that ſhe being a Midianitiſh, not an Hebrew Woman, and doing this ſudden- Iy, and in a rage, ſhould be ſo expert to know, and {o punfual to uſe the right form of words, when ſhe did yot uſe a fir and decent carriage in the aCtion, as appears by her caſting ir at his feet. Ir is therefore more probable ſhe ſpoke thus to her Husband. And be. Cauſe: ſhe durſt not accuſe God, the Author of this work, ſhe falls fou! upon- her Husband as the occaſion of ir, and as'/a coſtly and bloody Husband to her, whoſe endangered Life ſhe was forced to redeem with blood, even the blood of her little Child, by which as he received a new Life after a ſort, ſo ſhe did anew, and the ſecond time eſpouſe him ; whence ſhe calls him cha:han, which properly ſignifies a Sporſe, not an Husband.
26 So helet him go 7: then ſhe ſaid, A bloody hufſ- band thou art, becauſe ofthe circumcition m.
I Or, He, i. e. God, or the deſtroying Angel ſent from God, departed from him, i. e. from Moſes, and removed the tokens of God's indignation, the ſickneſY or ſtroke laid upon him. » She both repeats and amplifies her former Cenſure, and reproachethnot only her Husband, bur alſo God's Ordinance. Which perverſe and obſtinate Spirit her Husbandobſerving in her, and wiſely forecaſting how much diſturbance ſhe might give him in his great and difficulr work in Egypt, he thought fit to ſend her and her Children back to her Father, as appearsfrom Exodus 18: 1, 2, 3. In the Hebrew it is becauſe of the circumciſums, to wit, of her two Sons, who poſſibly were both circumciſed at this time, tho it be norſo expreſſed ; but one being mentioned for an example, we are lefr to ſuppoſe the like
concerning the other ; Or, the circumcifionof this Child bringsrhe-
other to her remembrance, and ſoſheupbraids him with both. Only this doth mere provoke her than it ſeems the other did, becauſe ſhe
was forced to do thisſpeedily, and with her own hands, and thar ro.
a tender Infant ; whereas the elder peradventure was circumciſed when he was more grown and ſtrong, and able to bear rhe pain. Let none think it ſtrange that Zipporah ſhould quarrel ſo much ar Circumeiſion, becauſe rhe M:dianites were deſcended from Abraham, and therefore were circumciſed, For if they were ſo, it was done when they were grown up, about the 13th year of cheir age, from the example of 1hmae!, who was circumciſed at that age. Bur indeed it 1s more likely, that thoſe people, being caſt cur of God's ovenant, as to the benefit of it, would, and did ina little time, throw off the ſign of it, as having much more of pain and danger in :101t, than ofuſe and priviledge.
wilderneſs to mcet Moſes.
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EXODUS: _————
LORD, who had ſent him, and all the ſigns which,
he had commanded him.
together all the elders of the children of Iſrael ».
ther, or all thar were in thoſe parts. Of thoſe. Elders, ſee Exo9'-s 3: 16: and 24: I, 9: and Num: 11:16. 2 20 And Aaron ſpake o all the words which, the
LORD had ſpoken unto Moſes, and did p the ſigns in
the ſight of the people.
o Thus beginning to execute the Office which God had put npen him, which was to be Moſes his mecurh, or Spokeſman. p( 7. e.) Aaroz did them, as Moſes's Miniſter, or by the command and dire- Con of Moſes.
31 And the people believed : and when they heard
that the LORD had viſited qthe children of [ſrael, and
bowed their heads and worſhipped 7.
q (i.e. ) Taken cogni2e nce of their Cauſe and Condition, and reſolved to deliver them. r Acknowledging, and adoring the kind-= neſs and fairhfuineſs of God therein. |
tp H A P . TE
Moſes and Aaron entreateth Pharaoh to let the People go, x. Phavaob's blaſphemous refuſal, 2, 3. Chides Moſes and Aaron for their requeſt, 4. Pharaoh, ſeeing the Iſraclites to be many, 5, commands the taik= maſters and officers to encreaſe their bondage, 6 =—=g. The task-maſters go and do as Pharaoh commands, 10, 11. The ſcattering of the peeple throughout Egypt, 12. The task-maſters cruelty to the officers of the Iſraelites, 14. The officers complaint to Pharavh, 15. He upbraids them with idleneſs, 17. His harſh anſwer, 18. The officers of the children of Iſrael meet Moſes and Aaron, and blame them, 20, 21. Moſes rerurns and complains to God, 22. |
ND afterward Moſes and Aaron 2 went in,' and told Pharaoh b: Thus faith the LORD God of Iſrael, Let my - people go, that they may hold a feaſt
c unto-me in the wilderneſs. | 2 And with th:m ſome of the Elgers of 1-ael, as may ſeem from Exod: 3:18: though here only the two Chiefs be mentioned. Or, becauſe Moſes did nor ſeem to be ſatisfied with the affiſtance of the Elders before offered him, Exod: 3: 18: God was pleaſed to give him a more acceptable Aſſiſtant in their ſtead, even Aarm his Bro- ther, Exod: 4: 14: b Either both ſuccefſively-told him ; or Aarom did it immediately, and with his tongue, Moſes by his Interpreter, and by his command. . c Or, offer a Sacrifice, as they expreſs it, Perf: 3: and Chap: 10: 9: For both went together, and a good part of many Sacrifices was ſpent in feaſting before the Loxd, and unto the honour of the Lord. See Devut: 12:6, 7, 11, 12. 2 And Pharaoh ſaid, * Who is the LORD, that I ſhould obey his voice 4 to let Ifracl go ? I know not