Exodus 6

Exodus 6:2-7

2. Moses and Aaron’s equipment as God’s messengers 6:2-7:7 The writer gave the credentials of God and His representatives, Moses and Aaron, in these verses.

Exodus 6:10-13

Moses continued to claim lack of persuasive skill in speech (Exodus 6:12; cf. Exodus 6:30). He failed to grasp the full significance of what God had just revealed to him. Jesus’ disciples, and we, had and have the same problem. It was God, not Moses, who would bring the people out of Egypt. “Seven distinct objections were raised by Moses as reasons why he should not undertake the arduous task to which he was called. They have been thus epitomised [sic]: Lack of fitness, ‘who am I, that I should go?’ (iii. 11); lack of words, ‘what shall I say?’ (iii. 13); lack of authority, ’they will not believe me’ (iv. 1); lack of power of speech, ‘I am not eloquent’ (iv. 10); lack of special adaptation, ‘Send by whom Thou wilt send’ (iv. 13); lack of success at his first attempt, ’neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at all’ (Exodus 6:23); lack of acceptance, ’the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me’ (vi. 12).” [Note: Meyer, p. 62.

Exodus 6:14-30

The selective genealogy (cf. Numbers 3:27-28) of Moses and Aaron accredits these men as God’s divinely appointed messengers (prophets) to the Israelites.

Moses’ Family Tree (Exodus 6:14-27)