Moses Flees to Midian. When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. Then Moses fled from Pharaoh’s presence and took refuge in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well. Exo 2:15
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
The Nation Israel Delivered and Organized
ISRAEL IN EGYPT, Exodus 1:8-12:36
2. The Deliverer Raised up and Called, Exodus 2:1-4:31
4. How did Moses mistakenly begin his work before God directed him?
MOSES FLEES TO MIDIAN
One day, after Moses had grown [into adulthood], it happened that he went to his countrymen and looked [with compassion] at their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his countrymen.
He turned to look around, and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
He went out the next day and saw two Hebrew men fighting with each other; and he said to the aggressor, “Why are you striking your friend?”
But the man said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Certainly this incident is known.”
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. Then Moses fled from Pharaoh’s presence and took refuge in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well.
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water [from the well where Moses was resting] and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Then shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.
When they came to Reuel (Jethro) their father, he said, “How is it that you have come back so soon today?”
They said, “An Egyptian saved us from the shepherds. He even drew water [from the well] for us and watered the flock.”
Then he said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why have you left the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
Moses was willing to remain with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah [to be his wife].
She gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom (stranger); for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.”
GOD HEARS ISRAEL’S GROANING
Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage ascended to God.
So God heard their groaning and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel). [Gen 12:1-3; Gen_15:18-21; Gen_17:3-8, Gen_17:21; Gen_35:10-12]
God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice [of them] and was concerned about them [knowing all, understanding all, remembering all]. [Psa 56:8-9; Psa_139:2]
MOSES SLAYS AN EGYPTIAN AND FLEES TO MIDIAN
Amid all the allurements of Pharaoh’s court, the heart of Moses beat true to his own people. Neither the treasures of Egypt, nor the pleasures of sin; the attraction of human love, nor the glamour of the world’s smile, could turn him aside from his own folk. A light shone for him over the humble huts of Goshen, before which that of Pharaoh’s palaces paled. Some glimmering knowledge of the promised Christ appears to have been present to his mind; and he esteemed that hope to be greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. Heb_11:26.
He had, however, much to learn. By strength no man can prevail. The battle is not to the strong, nor the race to the swift. The salvation of Israel from their untold miseries must be due, from first to last, to the outstretched hand of their Almighty Protector. Hence the failure of Moses’ first attempt. Instead of looking “this way and that,” he must look upward.
Comments by
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Believers Bible Commentary
On
Exodus 2:11-25
II. THE BIRTH, RESCUE, AND TRAINING OF MOSES (Chap. 2)
2:11, 12 We know from Act_7:23 that Moses was forty years old when he visited his own people. His killing the Egyptian was ill-advised; his zeal outran his discretion. God would one day use Moses to deliver his people from the Egyptians, but the time had not yet come. First he must spend forty years on the back side of the desert, learning in the school of God. God had predicted that His people would be in the land of Egypt as slaves for 400 years (Gen_15:13), so Moses’ actions were forty years premature. He needed more training in the solitude of the desert. And the people needed more training in the brickkiln. The Lord orders all things according to His infinite wisdom. He is not in a hurry, but neither will He leave His people in affliction one moment longer than necessary.
2:13-15a When he went out the second day Moses tried to break up a fight between two Hebrew men, but they rejected his leadership, as the Hebrews were later to reject One greater than Moses. When he found out they knew he had killed the Egyptian, Moses panicked. When Pharoah heard about the killing, he sought to kill Moses, so Moses fled to the land of Midian—that is, Arabia or the Sinai area.
2:15b-22 At a well in Midian, Moses helped the seven daughters of the priest of Midian against some surly shepherds, and watered their flocks. This priest of Midian is given two names—Jethro (Exo 3:1) and Reuel (v. 18), which is the same as Raguel (Num 10:29; NKJV marg.; LXX). The Midianites were distant relatives of the Hebrews (Gen 25:2). Jethro’s daughter, Zipporah, became Moses’ wife, and a son, . . . Gershom (meaning stranger there), was born to them.
2:23-25 God was not oblivious to the plight of His people. When a new king ascended to the throne, God heard and remembered and looked upon the children of Israel and acknowledged their condition. His response was to bring His servant back to Egypt (chap. 3) to lead His people out of that land in the mightiest display of power since the creation of the world.
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