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* Verse 1-9 - We are most likely to prosper in attempts to glorify God , and to be useful to men , when we learn by experience that we can do nothing of ourselves ; when our whole dependence is placed on him , and our only expectation is from him . Moses had been expecting what God would do ; but now he shall see what he will do . God would now be known by his name Jehovah , that is , a God performing what he had promised , and finishing his own work . God intended their happiness : I will take you to me for a people , a peculiar people , and I will be to you a God . More than this we need not ask , we cannot have , to make us happy . He intended his own glory : Ye shall know that I am the Lord . These good words , and comfortable words , should have revived the drooping Israelites , and have made them forget their misery ; but they were so taken up with their troubles , that they did not heed God 's promises . By indulging discontent and fretfulness , we deprive ourselves of the comfort we might have , both from God 's word and from his providence , and go comfortless . * Verse 10-13 - The faith of Moses was so feeble that he could scarcely be kept to his work . Ready obedience is always according to the strength of our faith . Though our weaknesses ought to humble us , yet they ought not to discourage us from doing our best in any service we have to do for God . When Moses repeats his baffled arguments , he is argued with no longer , but God gives him and Aaron a charge , both to the children of Israel , and to Pharaoh . God 's authority is sufficient to answer all objections , and binds all to obey , without murmuring or disputing ,Php strkjv @2:14 . * Verse 14-30 - Moses and Aaron were Israelites ; raised up unto them of their brethren , as Christ also should be , who was to be the Prophet and Priest , the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel . Moses returns to his narrative , and repeats the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh , and his objection against it . Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to reflect upon it with regret , as Moses seems to do here ."Uncircumcised ," is used in Scripture to note the unsuitableness there may be in any thing to answer its proper purpose ; as the carnal heart and depraved nature of fallen man are wholly unsuited to the services of God , and to the purposes of his glory . It is profitable to place no confidence in ourselves , all our sufficiency must be in the Lord . We never can trust ourselves too little , or our God too much . I can do nothing by myself , said the apostle , but I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me . **** Matthew Henry 's Commentary ****

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