And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
3. And Moses said, I will now turn aside. It is certain that his mind was disposed to reverence from no rashness, but by divine inspiration. Although not yet accustomed to visions, he still perceives that, this is no unmeaning spectacle, but that some mystery was contained in it, which he must by no means neglect, and to the knowledge of which he was divinely called.
Moses had finished his second forty years when God called him. He was kept in obscurity, tending sheep, yet God honors industry and trains him in meekness and contentment before raising him to great service. His long preparation shows how God works by His own timing, not ours.
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Commenting on Exodus 3:1-6
And Moses said, I will now turn aside,.... From the place where he was, and the flock he was feeding, and get nearer to the bush, which seems to have been on one side of him and not directly before him: and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt; inquire into, and find out, if he could, the reason of this strange...