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Exodus 4:15

Words and speechServing others

13 But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”

14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

16 He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.

17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I—I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you⁺ what you⁺ shall do.
ÅB
Og du skal tale til ham og legge ordene i hans munn, og jeg skal være med din munn og med hans munn og lære dere hva dere skal gjøre.
OTB
Du skal tale til ham og legge ordene i hans munn; jeg vil være med dere begge når dere taler og vil instruere dere i hva dere skal gjøre.
B1930
Og du skal tale til ham og legge ordene i hans munn, og jeg skal være med din munn og med hans munn og lære eder hvad I skal gjøre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 51:16

    I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

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  • Deuteronomy 18:18

    I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

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  • Numbers 23:16

    And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

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  • Numbers 23:12

    But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

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  • Luke 21:15

    For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

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  • Numbers 23:5

    Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

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  • Isaiah 59:21

    “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 1:9

    Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

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