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Yahweh said to him, "Who made man`s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn`t it I, Yahweh?
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God is Sovereign Over All Abilities
Commentators explain that God's question to Moses—"Who has made man's mouth?"—is a powerful declaration of His absolute sovereignty. He not only creates human faculties like speech, sight, and hearing, but He also governs their function, including what we perceive as imperfections. This was meant to remind Moses that the God who created the tongue could surely empower his.
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19th Century
Anglican
Who makes. —Rather, has made.
16th Century
Protestant
Who has made man’s mouth? Here the cause is expressed why the hesitation of Moses was worthy of rebuke: namely, because, held back by his …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said to him, who has made man's mouth ? &c.] Made that itself, and put in it the power and faculty of speech…
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Presbyterian
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…