Exodus 6

Exodus 6:1-30

Exodus 6:3 — “God Almighty” - Comments - God revealed this name of God Almighty to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Abraham: Genesis 17:1, “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.” Isaac: Genesis 28:3, “And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;” Jacob: Genesis 35:11, “And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;” Exodus 6:20 — “Jochebed his father’s sister to wife” - Comments - Amram’s father was Kohath. Kohath was a son of Levi. Therefore, Jochebed was a daughter of Levi (Numbers 26:59). Numbers 26:59, “And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.” Exodus 6:24 — Comments - Origen tells us the meanings of the three names of the sons of Korah. “But if it be necessary also from the ancient Scriptures to bring forward the three who made a symphony on earth, so that the Word was in the midst of them making them one, attend to the superscription of the Psalms, as for example to that of the forty-first, which is as follows: “Unto the end, unto understanding, for the sons of Korah.” For though there were three sons of Korah whose names we find in the Book of Exodus, Aser, which is, by interpretation, “instruction,” and the second Elkana, which is translated, “possession of God,” and the third Abiasaph, which in the Greek tongue might be rendered, “congregation of the father,” yet the prophecies were not divided but were both spoken and written by one spirit, and one voice, and one soul, which wrought with true harmony, and the three speak as one, “As the heart panteth after the springs of the water, so panteth my soul alter thee, O God.” But also they say in the plural in the forty-fourth Psalm, “O God, we have heard with our ears.” (Commentary on Matthew 14:1)[23] [23] Origen, Commentary on Matthew (Giesen, Germany: New Advent, 2008) [on-line]; accessed 24 February 2009; available from Internet.Exodus 6:14-27 — Comments – The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron – Exodus 6:14-27 inserts the genealogy of Moses and Aaron within a passage in which Moses argues with the Lord about Pharaoh and the children of Israel not harkening unto him, so the Lord appoints Aaron as the spokesman for Moses. This genealogy lists the first three sons born to Jacob by Leah: Reuben, Simeon, and Levi. One apparent purpose of this genealogy is to establish the biological relationship between Moses and Aaron.