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Moses fled at this saying, and became an alien in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
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God's Providence in Exile
Commentators explain that Stephen emphasizes Moses becoming a "sojourner" to show that God's work is not confined to the "Holy Land." God providentially cared for and prepared His deliverer in the foreign land of Midian, demonstrating that God's presence makes a place holy, not the other way around.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then fled Moses, etc. Moses fled because he now realized that it was known. He had thought it was unobserved (Exodus 2:12). Bu…
Sojourner (παροικος). Temporary dweller (cf. Abraham in verse 6) in Midian though for forty years.
19th Century
Anglican
Then fled Moses at this saying.—The rapid survey of the history passes over the intermediate link of Pharaoh’s knowledge …
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Baptist
So that he was eighty years of age when he really began his great lifework. Perhaps, as a rule, the larger part of our time is occupied in getting …
Still on the subject of “the land,” Stephen recounts the life of Moses. Incorporated into this section, largely by way of anticipation, is a Mosesr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then fled Moses at this saying For hereby the thing was known to Pharaoh, being presently carried to court, who soug…
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