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Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
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A Man of No Words
Commentators explain that Moses's excuse was a genuine and long-standing speech impediment. He describes himself as 'slow of speech, and of a slow tongue,' meaning he struggled both to find the right words and to speak them clearly. This was not a new problem, and even his divine encounter had not fixed it.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Eloquent - See the margin. The double expression slow of speech (Ezekiel 3:5, margin) and of a slow tongue…
19th Century
Anglican
I am not eloquent. — The Hebrew is: No man of words am I. Moses, still reluctant, raises a new objection. He is not gifte…
16th Century
Protestant
O my Lord. Moses grasps at every word of escape, seeking to evade the task imposed on him, not because he desires to refuse the command, b…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses said to the Lord Notwithstanding the above miracles, he seems unwilling to go on the Lord's errand to Phar…
Moses continued to shrink from the work God designed him for; there was much cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in him. We must not judge men by…