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Victor Hamilton, a highly regarded Old Testament scholar with over 30 years’ experience in the classroom, offers a comprehensive exegesis of the book of Exodus. Written in a clear and accessible style, this major, up-to-date, evangelical, exegetical commentary opens up the riches of the book of Exodus. Hamilton relates Exodus to the rest of Scripture and includes his own translation of the text....

Zipporah and “Balak, the son of Zippor.” Finally, although the Hebrew word for the “staff” with which Moses struck the water is maṭṭeh, and the Hebrew word for the “staff” with which Balaam struck the donkey is maqqēl (Num. 22:27), the LXX translates both maṭṭeh and maqqēl with rhabdos. “Staff” does not appear in Exod. 4:24–26, but it is present elsewhere in the chapter (vv. 2, 4, 17, 20). In addition to the Exodus commentaries (esp. those of Cassuto 1967; Childs 1974; Greenberg 1969; and Propp 1999),
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