3084.-A Lesson Incident by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 22, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 12.

3084.—A Lesson Incident

By Editor

I would like an explanation of Ex. 4: 24-26. I can not understand why such a complete change of subject is introduced there, or what lesson it is designed to teach.

L. R.

The lesson is that Moses had neglected a duty. God had revealed this duty to His children, and evidently Moses understood just what his duty was respecting his son, but he was going on his mission regardless of his duty. He seems to have failed to do this on account of the objection on the part of his wife; but when it is found to be necessary, and that his very life is endangered by it, she herself does what she had seemingly prevented her husband from doing. Read “Patriarchs and Prophets” upon the subject.