Exodus 4:7
in Exodus 4“Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
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ASV
And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.)
KJV
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.
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This verse in Exodus 4
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAgain, another sign which Moses gave points to our Lord Jesus Christ. He put his hand into his bosom and drew it out again, and his hand had become as snow. A second time he put it in and drew it out, and it was again like the appearance of human flesh. This signified first the original glory of the Godhead of the Lord Jesus and then the assumption of our flesh, in which truth all nations and peoples must believe.
This site's exposition
Put your hand inside your cloak
on Exodus 4:6-7
The second sign is worked on Moses himself and costs him what the first did not, since leprosy put a man outside the camp. What it announces is answered in words at Exodus 15:26, "I am the LORD who heals you".
This site's exposition
it was restored, like the rest of his skin
The hand that came out leprous in verse 6 comes out restored, showing that the LORD both sends disease and heals it. John Wesley saw in the pair a picture of plagues brought on Egypt and removed at Moses' prayer, and of a defiled Israel made clean.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
A commentator
Origen of AlexandriaCOMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32.268 · Written before 253.
proposed
It is difficult to see what this sign can symbolize for us. But since we must not stop seeking and must deliver to the reader what occurs to us as an interpretation, we will say that in many passages the hand is a symbol of deeds. Now the bosom of Moses has two meanings. The first, in accordance with the sense of the letter, makes the deed of the doer like snow, as it says in the Hebrew, and leprous. The second, however, in accordance with the spiritual law, shows that the conduct is pure and that it is restored to the will of the nature of the Word.
Just as Moses was allowed to perform miracles with a rod, so he was ordered to thrust his hand into his bosom, and when it was brought out again it was found to be leprous; then he was ordered to insert it again, and it …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
Now it was supposed that, if the former sign did not convince, this latter would. Note, God is willing more abundantly to show the truth of his word, and is not sparing in his proofs; the multitude and variety of the miracles corroborate the evidence. He is directed, when he shall come to Egypt, to turn some of the water of the river into blood,
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הָשֵׁ֤ב | hashev | return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יָֽדְךָ֙ | yadekha | hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֵיקֶ֔ךָ | cheikecha | bosom your | H2436 → | 38 times |
| וַיָּ֥שֶׁב | vaiyashev | and he returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| יָד֖וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חֵיק֑וֹ | cheiko | bosom his | H2436 → | 38 times |
| וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙ | vaiyotziah | and he brought out it | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹ | mecheiko | from bosom his | H2436 → | 38 times |
| וְהִנֵּה־ | vehineh- | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שָׁ֖בָה | shavah | it had turned back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ׃ | kivsaro | like flesh his | H1320 → | 270 times |
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הָשֵׁ֤בreturn
hashevH7725 →1056 times
יָֽדְךָ֙hand your
yadekhaH3027 →1618 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חֵיקֶ֔ךָbosom your
cheikechaH2436 →38 times
וַיָּ֥שֶׁבand he returned
vaiyashevH7725 →1056 times
יָד֖וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חֵיק֑וֹbosom his
cheikoH2436 →38 times
וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙and he brought out it
vaiyotziahH3318 →1067 times
מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹfrom bosom his
mecheikoH2436 →38 times
וְהִנֵּה־and there!
vehineh-H2009 →843 times
שָׁ֖בָהit had turned back
shavahH7725 →1056 times
כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ׃like flesh his
kivsaroH1320 →270 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Job 5:18
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- Isaiah 45:5
I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
- Isaiah 45:22
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- 1 Samuel 2:6
Through
Matthew 8:3Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
it leads to
- Luke 5:13
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 33:9
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Luke 5:13
Through
2 Kings 5:14So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child,…
it leads to
- Job 33:25
then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
- Job 33:25
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This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy 3.15.95; Cassiodorus, EXPOSITION OF THE PSALMS 73:11; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32.268.