Exodus 4:13

Verse 13. Send. Many of the fathers think Moses here prays for the coming of the Messias, who was to be the deliverer of his people; (S. Justin, and so forth) or he begs at least that one more proper than himself may be selected; in which some discover marks of pusillanimity, others of great and laudable modesty; so that the anger of God here only means an earnest expression of his will, that Moses should make no further demur. Lyran supposes that Aaron was the person pointed at by Moses; and God grants his request. Calmet.