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Exodus 4:16

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.

15 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.

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.”

18 Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

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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
He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
KJV
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
WEB
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.
ASV
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
DARBY
And he shall speak for thee unto the people; and it shall come to pass that he shall be to thee for a mouth, and thou shalt be to him for God.
BLB
And he will speak for you to the people. And it shall come to pass that he shall be to you as a mouth, and you shall be to him as God.
ÅB
Og han skal tale til folket for deg; han skal være din munn, og du skal være Gud for ham.
OTB
Han skal tale til folket for deg, og det vil være som om han var din munn og du var Gud for ham.
B1930
Og han skal tale til folket for dig; han skal være din munn, og du skal være Gud for ham.

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