Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Exodus
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:1 JFB -> Commentary on 3:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:1 TSK -> Commentary on 3:1 TSK -> Entry for 3:1 WEN -> Notes on 3:1 NTB -> Communion; Horeb; Jethro; Moses; Revelation; Rulers; Shepherd TTT -> Deserts; Midianites; Mountains; Sheep EBD -> Bush; Desert; Horeb; Moses SBD -> Desert; Moses 3:1 - [In Context] One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, F5 the priest of Midian, and he went deep into the wilderness near Sinai, F6 the mountain of God.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:2 JFB -> Commentary on 3:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:2 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:2 TSK -> Commentary on 3:2 TSK -> Entry for 3:2 WEN -> Notes on 3:2 NTB -> Angel (Holy Trinity); Angel (a spirit); Burning Bush; Call; Fire; God; Israel; Miracles; Moses; Religion; Revelation; Vision TTT -> Egypt; Fire; Titles and Names of Christ; Visions EBD -> Bush; Captain; Flame of fire SBD -> Angels; Bush; Fire; Moses 3:2 - [In Context] Suddenly, the angel of the LORD appeared to him as a blazing fire in a bush. Moses was amazed because the bush was engulfed in flames, but it didn't burn up.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:3 JFB -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Entry for 3:3 WEN -> Notes on 3:3 NTB -> Burning Bush; God (continued); Israel; Moses; Religion; Revelation TTT -> Egypt; Visions SBD -> Bush; Moses 3:3 - [In Context] "Amazing!" Moses said to himself. "Why isn't that bush burning up? I must go over to see this."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:4 JFB -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Entry for 3:4 WEN -> Notes on 3:4 NTB -> Burning Bush; Call; Israel; Moses; Religion; Revelation TTT -> Egypt; Feast of Tabernacles, The EBD -> Divination SBD -> Bush; Moses UTM -> Devotional using 3:4 3:4 - [In Context] When the LORD saw that he had caught Moses' attention, God called to him from the bush, "Moses! Moses!""Here I am!" Moses replied.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:5 JFB -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Entry for 3:5 WEN -> Notes on 3:5 NTB -> Burning Bush; Fear Of God; God (continued); Israel; Moses; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Revelation; Reverence; Shoe; Worship TTT -> Egypt; Feet, The; Garments; Shoes EBD -> Adore SBD -> Moses; Sandal 3:5 - [In Context] "Do not come any closer," God told him. "Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:6 JFB -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Entry for 3:6 WEN -> Notes on 3:6 NTB -> God (continued); Israel; Moses; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Revelation; Worship TTT -> Egypt EBD -> Captain; Immortality; Quotations SBD -> Angels; Moses 3:6 - [In Context] Then he said, "I am the God of your ancestors – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." When Moses heard this, he hid his face in his hands because he was afraid to look at God.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:7 JFB -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Entry for 3:7 WEN -> Notes on 3:7 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; God (continued); Israel; Moses; Prayer; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Sorrow TTT -> Egypt; Wisdom of God, The SPG -> Devotional using 3:7 3:7 - [In Context] Then the LORD told him, "You can be sure I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries for deliverance from their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:8 JFB -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Entry for 3:8 WEN -> Notes on 3:8 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Anthropomorphisms; God (continued); Hittites; Honey; Israel; Jebusites; Milk; Moses; Perizzites; Prayer; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Sorrow TTT -> Amorites, The; Egypt; Hittites; Hivites; Holy Land; Honey; Milk EBD -> Canaanites; Honey; Jebusites; Kenizzite; Milk; Perizzites; Prophecy; Wine SBD -> Honey; Perizzite, The 3:8 - [In Context] So I have come to rescue them from the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own good and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey – the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:9 JFB -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Entry for 3:9 WEN -> Notes on 3:9 NTB -> God (continued); Israel; Moses; Oppression; Prayer; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Rulers; Sorrow TTT -> Egypt; Jews, The 3:9 - [In Context] The cries of the people of Israel have reached me, and I have seen how the Egyptians have oppressed them with heavy tasks.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:10 JFB -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Entry for 3:10 WEN -> Notes on 3:10 NTB -> Call; Israel; Moses; Prayer; Quotations And Allusions; Religion; Sorrow TTT -> Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Egypt; Theocracy, The, or Immediate Government by God 3:10 - [In Context] Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You will lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:11 JFB -> Commentary on 3:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Entry for 3:11 WEN -> Notes on 3:11 NTB -> Doubting; Faith; Humility; Israel; Moses; Religion TTT -> Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Humility; Missionary Work by Ministers 3:11 - [In Context] "But who am I to appear before Pharaoh?" Moses asked God. "How can you expect me to lead the Israelites out of Egypt?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:12 JFB -> Commentary on 3:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Entry for 3:12 WEN -> Notes on 3:12 NTB -> Faith; God; Israel; Moses; Mountain; Religion; Token TTT -> Desert, Journey of Israel Through The; Mountains 3:12 - [In Context] Then God told him, "I will be with you. And this will serve as proof that I have sent you: When you have brought the Israelites out of Egypt, you will return here to worship God at this very mountain."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:13 JFB -> Commentary on 3:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Entry for 3:13 WEN -> Notes on 3:13 NTB -> Israel; Moses; Religion 3:13 - [In Context] But Moses protested, "If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, 'The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' they won't believe me. They will ask, 'Which god are you talking about? What is his name?' Then what should I tell them?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:14 JFB -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Entry for 3:14 WEN -> Notes on 3:14 NTB -> God (continued); I Am That I Am; Israel; Moses; Prophets; Religion; Revelation TTT -> Titles and Names of Christ EBD -> Jehovah SBD -> Angels; God 3:14 - [In Context] God replied, "I AM THE ONE WHO ALWAYS IS. F7 Just tell them, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:15 JFB -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Entry for 3:15 WEN -> Notes on 3:15 NTB -> God; Israel; Moses; Prophets; Religion 3:15 - [In Context] God also said, "Tell them, 'The LORD, F8 the God of your ancestors – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob – has sent me to you.' This will be my name forever; it has always been my name, and it will be used throughout all generations.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:16 JFB -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Entry for 3:16 WEN -> Notes on 3:16 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Government; Israel; Moses; Religion EBD -> Congregation; Elder SBD -> Israel 3:16 - [In Context] "Now go and call together all the leaders of Israel. Tell them, 'The LORD, the God of your ancestors – the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – appeared to me in a burning bush. He said, "You can be sure that I am watching over you and have seen what is happening to you in Egypt.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:17 JFB -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Entry for 3:17 WEN -> Notes on 3:17 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; God (continued); Israel; Jebusites; Milk; Moses; Religion TTT -> Amorites, The; Canaanites, The; Milk EBD -> Canaanites; Jebusites; Perizzites; Prophecy; Wine SBD -> Perizzite, The 3:17 - [In Context] I promise to rescue you from the oppression of the Egyptians. I will lead you to the land now occupied by the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites – a land flowing with milk and honey."'
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:18 JFB -> Commentary on 3:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:18 TSK -> Commentary on 3:18 TSK -> Entry for 3:18 WEN -> Notes on 3:18 NTB -> Day; Government; Israel; Moses; Religion TTT -> Missionary Work by Ministers EBD -> Day's journey; Jew SBD -> Weights and Measures 3:18 - [In Context] "The leaders of the people of Israel will accept your message. Then all of you must go straight to the king of Egypt and tell him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.'
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:19 JFB -> Commentary on 3:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Entry for 3:19 WEN -> Notes on 3:19 NTB -> God (continued); Israel; Miracles; Moses; Religion 3:19 - [In Context] "But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go except under heavy pressure.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:20 JFB -> Commentary on 3:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:20 TSK -> Commentary on 3:20 TSK -> Entry for 3:20 WEN -> Notes on 3:20 NTB -> God (continued); Israel; Moses; Religion 3:20 - [In Context] So I will reach out and strike at the heart of Egypt with all kinds of miracles. Then at last he will let you go.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:21 JFB -> Commentary on 3:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:21 TSK -> Commentary on 3:21 TSK -> Entry for 3:21 WEN -> Notes on 3:21 NTB -> Israel; Moses; Religion 3:21 - [In Context] And I will see to it that the Egyptians treat you well. They will load you down with gifts so you will not leave empty-handed.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:22 JFB -> Commentary on 3:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:22 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:22 TSK -> Commentary on 3:22 TSK -> Entry for 3:22 WEN -> Notes on 3:22 NTB -> Borrowing; Gold; Israel; Jewels; Moses; Religion TTT -> Silver EBD -> Borrow; Goshen SBD -> Ornaments, Personal 3:22 - [In Context] The Israelite women will ask for silver and gold jewelry and fine clothing from their Egyptian neighbors and their neighbors' guests. With this clothing, you will dress your sons and daughters. In this way, you will plunder the Egyptians!"
FOOTNOTES: F5: Moses' father-in-law went by two names, Jethro and Reuel. F6: Hebrew Horeb, another name for Sinai. F7: Or I AM WHO I AM, or I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE. F8: Hebrew Yahweh; traditionally rendered Jehovah.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.