Here is an inventory of God’s jewels, in the day when he counted them up. We are reminded of Mal. 3:17. Before he led forth the flock, the Good Shepherd counted them, that not one might be missing. There is a peculiar emphasis on the mention of. Moses and Aaron in verse 26: “These are that Moses

and Aaron.”. It was as though we were led to the hole of the pit whence they were digged, and a very poor hole it was, for their parentage and estate were quite humble. and ordinary. But by means of them the Almighty wrought the deliverance of his people. It was through such feeble instruments as these that he spake to the greatest monarch of the time, the mighty Pharaoh, whose remains are with us to this day. It is his method to choose the weak and foolish things to bring to naught and confound the strong and wise, that no flesh should glory in his presence.