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He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
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A God-Ordained Team
Commentators explain that God established a partnership between Moses and Aaron. Moses, receiving direction directly from God, would be the 'head and heart' of the mission. Aaron, a skilled speaker, would be the 'mouth.' This shows how God combines different gifts and people to accomplish His will, making them a complete and effective team.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Instead of a mouth - We may bear in mind Aaron’s unbroken habit of speaking Hebrew and his probable familiarity with Egyptian.
Inst…
19th Century
Anglican
He shall be thy spokesman. —Hebrew: He shall speak for thee.
He shall be, even
16th Century
Protestant
And he shall be your spokesman. God destroys the pretext for his exemption by assigning to his brother the office of spokesman, and yet He…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he shall be your spokesman unto the people And open to them Moses's commission from God, and the end of his miss…
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…