Matthew Poole and continuators on Micah 6:4

4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt , and redeemed thee out of the house of servants , and I sent before thee Moses , Aaron , and Miriam .

Look as far back as thy coming out of Egypt, near seven hundred and forty years agone, with an out-stretched arm.

Where by Servants thou wert opprest, where thy oppressours d[illegible: 1 letter]d plot thy utter extirpation, where thou servedst in the iron Furnace.

Deliver thee by mighty Power, and gave Egypt for thy ransom, I made them pay dear for their detaining thee, and [illegible: 1 letter]ll using of thee,

being off-spring of Canaan, they were in their Fathers curse doomed to be Servants, and were, (as servile minds are) most barbaro[illegible: 1 letter]sly cr[illegible: 2 letters]l to Israel, as appears by the bloody edict against the Ma[illegible: 2 letters]-Children, and by requiring brick without straw, their bondage was a cruel bondage under which they groaned,

A man excellently qualified to be a conduct to them, a very learned Martial, and experienced Man he improved his first forty years by the advantages of a Royal Education first, and next by the great employments which such persons are called to, for his Wisdom, and Learning, his Might, and Valour you have witness, Acts 7.22. the Heb[illegible: 1 letter]. Tradition is, that he fought, and got many Battels, in which he commanded as Generalissimo for Pharaoh. Moses was beside this admitted to extraordinary consults with God, by this means their Model of politie was made very exact.

A Person called to the exercise of the highest Office in the Priesthood, to offer Sacrifice, and make atonement for the sins of the people, and to be a Type of the great intercessour.

A Prohetess to be assistant to her Brothers last mentioned, to be Example and Counsellor to the Women; God furnisht them with Magistrate, Priest, and Prophet.

Marginal references: Exod. 12.51. and 14.30. and 20.2.