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Exo_3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Ver. 14. I AM THAT I AM.] Heb., I will be that I will be. The Septuagint render it Eãù åéìé ï ùí , I am He that is. Agreeably hereunto, Plato calleth God ôï ïí and ôï ïí ïíôùò . This name of God is fully opened in Rev_16:5. It imports two of God’s incommunicable attributes: (1.) His eternity, when he saith, I will be; ( 2.) His immutability, when he saith, That I will be. As Pilate said, "What I have written, I have written"; I will not alter it. But how far out was Paulus Burgensis in denying Ehich to be any of God’s names? {a} Whether Aph-hu {2Ki_2:14} be one, is far more questionable.
{a} Weems.