Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
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Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
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And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
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And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
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Passages linked to Exodus 4:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 4:16 He will be your spokesman to the people. It will happen that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which…
Exo 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
Ver. 30. And did the signs.] Moses did; or Aaron, by his command and appointment.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thus beginning to execute the office which God had…
Thus beginning to execute the office which God had put upon him, which was to be Moses’s mouth, or spokesman. i.e. Aaron did the signs as Moses’s minister, or by the command and direction of Moses.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the people believed,.... That Moses was sent of…
And the people believed,.... That Moses was sent of God, and would be the deliverer of them:
and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel; in a way of grace and mercy, by raising such a redeemer and deliverer in the midst of them:
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and that he had looked upon their affliction; with an eye of pity and compassion:
then they bowed their heads, and worshipped; adoring the goodness of God, and expressing their thankfulness for the notice he took of them, and signifying their readiness to obey all instructions and directions that should be given them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Aaron did the signs - By the direction of…
Aaron did the signs - By the direction of Moses.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. Aaron spake all the words] It is…
Verse 30. Aaron spake all the words] It is likely that Aaron was better acquainted with the Hebrew tongue than his brother, and on this account he became the spokesman. See Clarke on Ex 4:14.
Did the signs] Turned the rod into a serpent, made the hand leprous, and changed the water into blood. See Clarke on Ex 4:6; and "Ex 4:8".
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 4:30. Aaron did the signs — By the…
Exo 4:30. Aaron did the signs — By the direction of Moses. Hereby full proof was given to the people of the divine mission of Moses, and their concurrence was gained before he applied to Pharaoh in their behalf.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The three signs, prescribed above, in proof of their…
The three signs, prescribed above, in proof of their mission. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30a. Here Aaron appears as Moses’ spokesman, in accordance…
30a. Here Aaron appears as Moses’ spokesman, in accordance with vv. 15, 16 (J).
30b. and did] i.e. Aaron. But the Heb. is and he did, allowing reference to Moses, which is undoubtedly right (Di.). The ‘signs’ and those given to Moses in vv. 1–9.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (30) Aaron spake.—According to the Divine command (Exo_4:16).
(30) Aaron spake.—According to the Divine command (Exo_4:16).
And did the signs.—So, generally, afterwards (Exo_7:10; Exo_7:19; Exo_8:6; Exo_8:17, &c.), not, however, universally (see Exo_9:10; Exo_9:23; Exo_10:13; Exo_14:21; &c).
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The people believed.—The narrative is very much compressed. The elders heard the words, and saw the signs first. Then they must have summoned an assembly of the people, after working hours, and the people must have been addressed and shown the signs. The effect was to convince them also, and to induce them to accept Moses and Aaron for the national leaders.
Worshipped.—Some think that Moses was the object of the worship; but it is better to regard it as offered to “the Lord,” who had “visited” them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Aaron spake. Aaron at once entered on his office…
Aaron spake. Aaron at once entered on his office of "spokesman" (ver. 16), declaring to the elders all God"s dealings with his brother. Aaron also, and not Moses, us we should have expected (ver. 17), did the signs, God, by allowing him to do them, sanctioning this delegation of power. On later occasions, we find Aaron more than once required by God to work the miracles. (See below, Exo_7:19 Exo_8:5, Exo_8:16) In the sight of the people. It is not probable that the people were present at the first meeting of the elders; but the sacred historian, anxious to compress his narrative, and bent simply on conveying to us the fact of Aaron"s success with both elders and people, omits stages in the history which he supposes that any reader can supply, e.g. the doing of the signs in the sight of the elders, their belief in them, and their subsequent assembling of the people.
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