Charles Spurgeon Commentary Numbers 9:8

"And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you." — Numbers 9:8 (ASV)

Oh, how wisely we should give advice if we would never decide until we had prayed about the matter! Possibly, we think ourselves so experienced, and so well acquainted with the mind of God, that we can answer offhand; or, perhaps, we think that we need not consult the Lord at all, but that our own opinion will be sufficient guide. Moses was greater and wiser than we are, yet he said to these men, "Stand still, and I will hear what Jehovah will command concerning you."