Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 3. A serpent] Of what sort we know not, as the word jn nachash is a general name for serpents, and also means several other things, see Gen. iii. 1: but it was either of a kind that he had not seen before, or one that he knew to be dangerous; for it is said, he fled from before it. Some suppose the staff was changed into a crocodile; see on "chap. vii. 10".
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Moses objects, that the people would not take his word, unless he showed them some sign. God gives him power to work miracles. But thos who are now employed to deliver God's messages to men, need not the power to work miracles: their character and their doctrines are to be tried by that word of God to which they appeal. These miracle especially referred to the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ. I belonged to Him only, to cast the power of the devil out of the soul and to heal the soul of the leprosy of sin; and so it was for Him firs to cast the devil out of the body, and to heal the leprosy of the body.
Original Hebrew ויאמר559 השׁליכהו7993 ארצה776 וישׁלכהו7993 ארצה776 ויהי1961 לנחשׁ5175 וינס5127 משׁה4872 מפניו׃6440
