Again, the LORD said to him, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” And he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow.
6. Put now thy hand into thy bosom. By this sign Moses was instructed that what is in the greatest vigour withers away at once, at the command of God; and that what is dry is thus restored to its original vigour; in a word, the statement of Paul was confirmed by it, that God “calleth those things which be not, as though they were.”...
Moses objects that the people will not believe him, yet God had promised they would hearken. His doubt does not square with God's word; past rejection made him fear the same again, though he was happily mistaken. The signs God appointed would convince them where bare word could not.
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Commenting on Exodus 4:1-9
And the Lord said furthermore unto him,.... Continued his discourse, and gave him another sign: put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom; within his coat, under that part of the garment next to his breast: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow; that is, white as snow, as the Targums of...