Exo 4:13 | KingComments | STEP | Moses’ fifth objection can no longer be regarded as an objection. It is a refusal. Refusal is not humility. This is no longer weakness, it is unwillingness to obey. Giving in to weakness ends in unbelief. God’s answer is accordingly. He becomes angry. He does not relieve Moses of the commission He has given him. God does, so to speak, deprive him of the honor of his mission, by giving him a companion in his brother Aaron. In this case, this is not a strengthening, but a weakening. This is evident from the course of history. Moses speaks to the LORD again as “Lord”, Adonia , which means Supreme, Commander ( ; ), but does not do what He says. This denies His authority. It is disobedience (cf. ; ).

‏ Exodus 4:13

Moses’ Refusal and God’s Answer

Moses’ fifth objection can no longer be regarded as an objection. It is a refusal. Refusal is not humility. This is no longer weakness, it is unwillingness to obey. Giving in to weakness ends in unbelief.

God’s answer is accordingly. He becomes angry. He does not relieve Moses of the commission He has given him. God does, so to speak, deprive him of the honor of his mission, by giving him a companion in his brother Aaron. In this case, this is not a strengthening, but a weakening. This is evident from the course of history.

Moses speaks to the LORD again as “Lord”, Adonia, which means Supreme, Commander (Exo 4:13; Exo 4:10), but does not do what He says. This denies His authority. It is disobedience (cf. Acts 10:14; Lk 6:46).