seekeroftruth
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Exodus 4:27 The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him. 28 Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform.
29 Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, 30 and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, 31 and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
29 Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, 30 and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, 31 and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
I went back to the easy English site this morning.
Aaron listened to God and he obeyed God. Aaron had not seen Moses for many years, but Aaron believed God. So he went to meet his brother, Moses.
The Israelite leaders organised the people. So the leaders were the first men to hear Moses’ message. Aaron acted as Moses’ speaker, exactly as God had promised. Then Moses did the signs from God. So the people accepted the message. Later when troubles began, they were not so willing to believe. To ‘bend over’ means that they gave honour to God.
The Israelite leaders organised the people. So the leaders were the first men to hear Moses’ message. Aaron acted as Moses’ speaker, exactly as God had promised. Then Moses did the signs from God. So the people accepted the message. Later when troubles began, they were not so willing to believe. To ‘bend over’ means that they gave honour to God.
This isn't the typical modern meet me over coffee meeting. This isn't a typical modern board of elders meeting. These elders heard that Moses had spoken with God. These elders saw the staff turn into a serpent when Moses tossed it on the ground. No doubt they stepped back at least one step at that site. I bet they all pulled back when Moses grabbed the tail of the serpent and turned it back into a staff. They probably cringed when Moses stuck his hand in his cloak and it came out leprous. No doubt they were relieved when he stuck his hand back in his cloak and pulled it out clean. I bet they were really struck by turning the river water into blood. None of this was computer generated. There was no TV or movie magic taking place here. This was all God and they knew it.
The words, "they bowed down and worshiped" at the end of verse 31 inspired quite a commentary in the Godvine site.
They bowed their heads and worshipped - See a similar act mentioned, and in the same words, Genesis 24:26. The bowing the head, etc., here, may probably refer to the eastern custom of bowing the head down to the knees, then kneeling down and touching the earth with the forehead. This was a very painful posture and the most humble in which the body could possibly be placed. Those who pretend to worship God, either by prayer or thanksgiving, and keep themselves during the performance of those solemn acts in a state of perfect ease, either carelessly standing or stupidly sitting, surely cannot have a due sense of the majesty of God, and their own sinfulness and unworthiness. Let the feelings of the body put the soul in remembrance of its sin against God. Let a man put himself in such a position (kneeling for instance) as it is generally acknowledged a criminal should assume, when coming to his sovereign and judge to bewail his sins, and solicit forgiveness.
The Jewish custom, as we learn from Rabbi Maymon, was to bend the body so that every joint of the backbone became incurvated, and the head was bent towards the knees, so that the body resembled a bow; and prostration implied laying the body flat upon the earth, the arms and legs extended to the uttermost, the mouth and forehead touching the ground. In Matthew 8:2 the leper is said to worship our Lord, προσεκυνει αυτῳ· but in Luke 5:12 he is said to have fallen on his face, πεσων επι προσωπον. These two accounts show that he first kneeled down, probably putting his face down to his knees, and touching the earth with his forehead; and then prostrated himself, his legs and arms being both extended.
The Jewish custom, as we learn from Rabbi Maymon, was to bend the body so that every joint of the backbone became incurvated, and the head was bent towards the knees, so that the body resembled a bow; and prostration implied laying the body flat upon the earth, the arms and legs extended to the uttermost, the mouth and forehead touching the ground. In Matthew 8:2 the leper is said to worship our Lord, προσεκυνει αυτῳ· but in Luke 5:12 he is said to have fallen on his face, πεσων επι προσωπον. These two accounts show that he first kneeled down, probably putting his face down to his knees, and touching the earth with his forehead; and then prostrated himself, his legs and arms being both extended.
All in all, it was a successful meeting with the elders. Now Moses and Aaron had to meet with Pharaoh.
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