4:1-17

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God gives his power to Moses

(Ex 4:1-17)

In reply to Moses’ further complaints that the people of Israel would not believe God had sent him, God enabled Moses to perform three startling signs.

The Israelites had no doubt seen magicians in Egypt and such signs would impress them. But they would see that what Moses demonstrated was more than mere magic (Ex 4:1-9).

At times Moses himself showed a tendency towards the same disbelief as he suspected in his fellow Israelites.

Whether his claim to be unskilled in speech was true or not, his attitude showed a lack of faith. He was merely making excuses and this displeased God. The outcome of his complaint was that God appointed his older brother Aaron to be his spokesman (Ex 4:10-17).