Homilist Exodus 2:11-12 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brothers, and looked on their burdens… Look at retributive justice in man in three aspects. I. As EXCITED. "He spied an Egyptian," etc. It was always there, working no doubt silently, and in many ways, but now it broke into flame. The moral outrage he witnessed roused him, etc. II. As RESTRAINED. "He looked this way," etc. The sight of a child will so frighten the nocturnal desperado that it will paralyze his arms and drive him panic-struck from the scene. Man keeps man in check. A wise and beneficent arrangement. It is a power, however, that has its limits. It should never prevent us from doing right. III. As FREE. "When he saw there was no man, he slew," etc. Were the retributive instincts of human nature left entirely unrestrained the earth would become a pandemonium. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. |
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