Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 4:7
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his [other] flesh.
And he said, put thine hand into thy bosom again,…. With the leprosy on it:
and he put his hand into his bosom again, and plucked it out of his bosom; quickly after he had put it in:
and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh; it was cured of the leprosy, and recovered its colour, and was as sound as before, and as any other part of his body. This was a very astonishing miracle, that he should be at once smote with a leprosy; that this should be only in his hand, and not in any other part of his body; and that it should be cured immediately, without the use of any means; and by this miracle Moses, and the Israelites, might be instructed and confirmed in the power of God, that he that could so suddenly inflict such a disease, and so easily cure it, was able to deliver them out of captivity, which was as death; and that however until Moses might be in himself to be a deliverer of the people, signified by his weak and leprous hand, yet being quickened and strengthened by the Lord, would be able to answer to the character; though, after all, the deliverance must be imputed not to his hand and power, but to the mighty hand and power of God.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Exo 4:7. And he said, put thine hand, &c. The leprosy was generally reckoned a disease incurable by human art. See Celsus, lib. 5: ch. 28. The inflicting, therefore, and instantaneously curing this disease, was a demonstrative proof of Divine power. See Lev 13:3. Num 12:10. 2Ki 5:27. Bishop Patrick conjectures, that this part of Moses’s history being imperfectly known among the Heathens, had given occasion to the fabulous story which was invented in future ages, that Moses and the Israelites were infected with the leprosy, and driven out of Egypt on account of that and other scurvy diseases; for so the tale was told in Manetho’s history, and is still extant in Justin and Tacitus.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Mat 8:3 These miracles were both significant of the state of Israel. As the great serpent had seduced our first parents, so his children were now brought low to the dust by reason of sin; but God’s righteous servant should again restore them, like the rod of Moses to its own original state. And whereas they were now by defilement leprous and polluted, so like Moses’ hand, they should again at God’s command become clean.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his [other] flesh.
Ver. 7. As his other flesh. ] To show him that God, by small means, could bring about great matters, and that in a moment. See Isa 66:7-8 . Which yet was ill applied by Cardinal Pool to this revolting nation in Queen Mary’s days.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
it was turned: Num 12:13, Num 12:14, Deu 32:39, 2Ki 5:14, Mat 8:3
Reciprocal: Exo 7:3 – multiply Lev 13:2 – the plague of leprosy 2Ki 5:10 – thy flesh Luk 6:10 – Stretch
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 4:7. It was turned again as his other flesh The inflicting of this disease, and curing it again in an instant, was so much the greater miracle, as the leprosy is a disease generally reckoned incurable by human art, especially the white leprosy, so called, because it overspreads the skin with white spots like snow.