Moses
Exodus 4:10KJV·traditional attribution

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

John Calvin Reformed

Moses grasps at excuses because he distrusts his own powers, not because he truly refuses the command. The remedy was plain: he should have cast all his cares on God and trusted His strength as Abraham did. His hesitation over his defect might have been modest, but when he begs to be discharged altogether, he wrongs God, as if He would burden His servants beyond their capacity or give foolish commands.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian

Moses persists in backward steps, and we cannot now call it humility but must own cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief. He was a great mind but no orator, and thought himself unfit for great affairs; yet God often chooses those with fewest natural advantages, that His grace may shine the brighter. An unwilling mind will seize any sorry excuse rather than obey.

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Commenting on Exodus 4:10-17

John Gill Reformed Baptist

After all his other objections were answered, Moses invents yet another: he is not a man of words, not fit for a king's court. Neither in his youth nor since God's call had he gained eloquence; he had some speech impediment and could not freely bring out his words. Still he resists.

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