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The life of Moses divides into three periods. The first came to an end with his flight. The second stretched itself out to the event of his calling. The third comprised the years spent in active service. Each period numbered forty years. It means that eighty of the hundred and twenty years of his li
As prophet, he differed, further, in this that to him the Lord spake mouth to mouth, even clearly and not in visions, dreams and dark speeches as He did to the others (Nu. 12:6, 7). What is more, to Moses, in distinction from others, it was given to behold the Lord's likeness (Nu. 12:7) by which is
Moses did not want to go back to Egypt. He was afraid, afraid of Pharaoh, afraid of the children of Israel, afraid of himself. Almost as a move of desperation he presented one more excuse. "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; but I am slow o
There was solemnity in the occasion when that small group of people set forth from the house of Jethro. Upon a beast of burden sat a woman with two small children; before them walked the man with a shepherd's crook in his hand. The children were young and did not yet realize what was taking place. T
And when the Jews wanted to challenge Jesus in any way, they would bring in at one point or another, sometimes right away at the beginning, Master, Moses said, and go on from there. Jesus used the same on them. He said, in John chapter 5, do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There
For Moses was the Mediator of the Old Covenant, called and qualified of God to deliver his people out of the house of bondage, and as such a type of Christ. Because Moses was such an outstanding hero of faith, the Holy Spirit in this chapter mentions several instances of his victorious faith. Howeve
After six days of waiting and preparation, Moses was called by God out of the midst of the cloud which appeared to Israel like devouring fire on the top of the mount. Moses remained on the mount forty days and forty nights and received two tables of stone upon which were engraved the ten “words” of
This Moses had been brought up, through a strange combination of events, at the Egyptian court; but eventually had to flee for his life to North-West Arabia when he was caught espousing the cause of his enslaved kinsmen . . . Moses therefore returned to Egypt, and led his people out of that land int
4. Moses' wilderness sojourn and return (Ex. 2:11-4:28). Moses killed an Egyptian who fought with an Israelite. On the next day, two Israelites were fighting and Moses intervened; but one of them challenged him if he was going to kill him as he did the Egyptian the day before. Moses realized that it
Moses, of whom God had said that there never was a man like him, would die before he could enter into Canaan. We see two points of emphasis here. First of all we see that all of God’s people must obey God’s law perfectly. There are no exceptions. Secondly we see that even Moses was only a type of Ch