And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Moses did not stumble upon this scene by accident; God had appointed him deliverer and meant him to show forth this token as his beginning. He could strike down the Egyptian only because the Lord had put the sword in his hand according to the right of his calling, a private person has no such authority. This heroic magnanimity was the work of the Holy Ghost, showing His power in those He appoints to great matters.
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Israel swelled from seventy souls to six hundred thousand warriors not in haste but in God's time, and mark this: their fastest growth came when Egypt made their lives bitter. Suffering times have often been growing times with the church. Never lose heart at slowness; when the year of redemption draws near, God can do a double work in a single day.
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Commenting on Acts 7:17-29
The man was one of his brethren, likely of the tribe of Levi, suffering wrong at the hands of a taskmaster. Moses defended him and avenged his cause by striking down the Egyptian, he killed him, probably with his fist or sword, and hid him in the sand.
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