Exodus 3:12

Nova Vulgata

Qui dixit ei: "Ego ero tecum; et hoc habebis signum quod miserim te: cum eduxeris populum de Aegypto, servietis Deo super montem istum".

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Dixitque Adam : Mulier, quam dedisti mihi sociam, dedit mihi de ligno, et comedi.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Qui dixit ei: Ego ero tecum: et hoc habebis signum, quod miserim te: cum eduxeris populum meum de �gypto, immolabis Deo super montem istum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Certainly: Exodus 4:12, Exodus 4:15, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 31:3, Deuteronomy 31:23, Joshua 1:5, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:2, Matthew 28:20, Mark 16:20, Acts 11:21, Romans 8:31, Hebrews 13:5

token: Exodus 4:1-9, Genesis 15:8, Judges 6:17, Judges 6:21, Judges 6:36-40, Judges 7:11, Judges 7:13, Judges 7:14, Psalms 86:17, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 37:30, Jeremiah 43:9, Jeremiah 43:10, Jeremiah 51:63, Jeremiah 51:64

ye shall: Exodus 19:1 - Exodus 40:38, Leviticus 1:1 - Leviticus 27:34, Numbers 1:1 - Numbers 10:36

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:15 - I am Exodus 3:18 - that we may Exodus 7:16 - serve Exodus 8:1 - Let my Exodus 8:27 - as he shall Exodus 18:5 - General Exodus 18:19 - God shall Exodus 19:2 - camped Numbers 16:28 - Hereby Judges 2:18 - then the Lord Judges 6:12 - The Lord Judges 6:16 - General 1 Kings 1:37 - As the 1 Kings 3:9 - who is able 2 Kings 19:29 - a sign 2 Chronicles 1:1 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 17:3 - the Lord Jeremiah 1:8 - for I am Jeremiah 1:17 - be not Amos 5:14 - and so Haggai 2:4 - for Luke 2:12 - General Acts 7:7 - and serve 2 Corinthians 12:9 - My grace

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, certainly I will be with thee,.... To encourage and strengthen him; to protect, defend, and preserve him, and to succeed and prosper him; to give him credit and respect with the people of Israel, and influence over Pharaoh to prevail upon him at length to let Israel go:

and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee; not the promise now made, nor the vision he had seen, but what follows:

when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain: Mount Horeb or Sinai, as they did at the time of the giving of the law on it, when an altar was built upon a hill, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, Exodus 24:4 and this was a sign, "a posteriori", confirming the divine mission of Moses; and besides the promise of this, on which Moses might depend, being made by the Lord, assured him of success, that he should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt, since he and they would serve the Lord together at this mountain, and from whence he might conclude he had a mission and commission from God. Of a like kind is the sign or token given of the deliverance of Jerusalem from the army of Sennacherib, Isaiah 37:30.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A token unto thee - Or the sign. The word means a declaration or promise of God, which rests absolutely on His word, and demands faith. The promise that God would have the people serve Him in that place was an assurance, if fully believed, that all intervening obstacles would be removed by His power.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 3:12. Certainly I will be with thee — This great event shall not be left to thy wisdom and to thy power; my counsel shall direct thee, and my power shall bring all these mighty things to pass.

And this shall be a token — Literally, And THIS to thee for a sign, i.e., this miraculous manifestation of the burning bush shall be a proof that I have sent thee; or, My being with thee, to encourage thy heart, strengthen thy hands, and enable thee to work miracles, shall be to thyself and to others the evidence of thy Divine mission.

Ye shall serve God upon this mountain. — This was not the sign, but God shows him, that in their return from Egypt they should take this mountain in their way, and should worship him in this place. There may be a prophetic allusion here to the giving of the law on Mount Sinai. As Moses received his commands here, so likewise should the Israelites receive theirs in the same place. After all, the Divine Being seems to testify a partial predilection for this mountain, for reasons that are not expressed. Exodus 3:5.