You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
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You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
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And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
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And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
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Passages linked to Exodus 4:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 51:16 I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”
- Numbers 23:5 Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
- Numbers 23:12 He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
- Numbers 23:16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
- Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
- Luke 21:15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
- Isaiah 59:21 “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”
- Jeremiah 1:9 Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
- Exodus 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
- Exodus 7:1-2 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
- Numbers 22:38 Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”
- 2 Samuel 14:3 Go in to the king, and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- Matthew 28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- Deuteronomy 5:31 But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
- 1 Corinthians 15:1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Thou shalt instruct him what to say.
Thou shalt instruct him what to say.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and…
Exo 4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Ver. 15. Will teach you.] {See Trapp on "Exo 4:11"} {See Trapp on "Exo 4:12"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Put words in his mouth, i.e. instruct him what…
Put words in his mouth, i.e. instruct him what to speak, and command him freely and faithfully to express it. See Isa 51:16; 59:21.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words…
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth,.... Or "things" (z), the matter and substance of what he should say, who being a man of words, an eloquent man, and a good spokesman, would put them into proper language, and express them fluently:
and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do; or speak what Moses should say to Aaron, and what Aaron should say to Pharaoh, and to the people of Israel; so that as Aaron was under Moses, and at his direction, they were both dependent on the Lord, and under his direction; and the one, as well as the other, needed his assistance, even Aaron that could speak well. Moses furnished him with matter, he put it into words, and both were instructed and influenced by the Lord what they should say and do.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I will be with thy mouth and with his…
I will be with thy mouth and with his mouth - Even Aaron that could speak well, yet could not speak to purpose, unless God were with his mouth; without the constant aids of divine grace, the best gifts will fail.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. I will be with thy mouth, and…
Verse 15. I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth] Ye shall be both, in all things which I appoint you to do in this business, under the continual inspiration of the Most High.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 4:15-16. I will be with thy mouth and…
Exo 4:15-16. I will be with thy mouth and with his mouth — Even Aaron that could speak well, yet could not speak to purpose, unless God were with his mouth; without the constant aids of divine grace, the best gifts will fail. Instead of God — To teach and to command him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thou shalt speak - Moses thus retains his position…
Thou shalt speak - Moses thus retains his position as “mediator;” the word comes to him first, he transmits it to his brother.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15, 16. Moses was still to be the mediator,…
15, 16. Moses was still to be the mediator, while Aaron was to be the interpreter of God’s word as he received it from Moses. Yet it is instructive to notice that as Moses advances in his work and grows in faith, (and shall we not say, wears away the desert rusticity?) Aaron gradually retires from the prominent position which at first he held, and Moses comes more forward. Aaron is the spokesman, but while we read of the lineage of “that Aaron and Moses,” yet it is always “Moses and Aaron” who come before Pharaoh. It is Aaron who casts down the rod which swallows up the magicians’ rods, and who smites Egypt with the first and mildest blows; but it is Moses who prostrates Pharaoh’s sorcerers with such a stroke that they lift their heads no more, (Exo_9:11,) and it is his rod that strikes the final terrible blows thereafter, till the Red Sea rolls back over Pharaoh.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. put the words, &c.] cf. Num_22:38; Num_23:5; Num_23:12;…
15. put the words, &c.] cf. Num_22:38; Num_23:5; Num_23:12; Num_23:16.
I will be, &c.] The promise of v. 12 is extended here to both the brothers.
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15, 16. Aaron is to be, as it were, Moses’ prophet, and to speak the words which Moses places in his mouth,—in particular, the words contained in Exo_3:16-17,—putting them in such a way, and supporting them with such arguments, as may satisfy the people of the reality of Moses’ commission. Cf. in P Exo_7:1.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) Thou shalt . . . put words in…
(15) Thou shalt . . . put words in his mouth, i.e., Tell him what he is to say—furnish the matter of his speeches, which he will then clothe with appropriate language.
With thy mouth.—Suggesting the matter to thee.
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With his mouth.—Suggesting the language to him.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou shalt speak unto him and put words in…
Thou shalt speak unto him and put words in his mouth. Moses was to tell Aaron what to say furnish, i.e., the matter of his speeches and Aaron was to clothe this matter in fitting words. God promised to be with both of their mouths; with Moses", to make him give right directions to Aaron; with Aaron"s, to make him utter them persuasively: Moses" position was still the more honourable one, though Aaron"s might seem the higher to the people.
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