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Miracles Have a Voice
Commentators explain that the phrase "the voice of the sign" means the miracle itself communicates a message. It's not just a raw display of power, but a "voice" that testifies to God's authority and validates His messenger. As one scholar puts it, God's power "cried out, or thundered, in His miracles" to gain a hearing for His servant.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 4:8
19th Century
Bishop
The voice of the first sign. —Not “the voice of Moses attested by the first sign” (Rosenmüller), but the voice, which the sign its…
John Calvin
On Exodus 4:8
16th Century
Theologian
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you. In these words, God removed from Moses every reason for doubt, as if to say that …
John Gill
On Exodus 4:8
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee Will not give credit to the commission he had from God, but ques…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 4:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Moses objects that the people would not take his word unless he showed them some sign. God gives him power to work miracles.
But those who a…