Exodus 4:15–16
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4:15“So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth43 and with his mouth,44 and I will teach you both45 what you must do.464:16He47 will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if48 he49 were your mouth50 and as if you were his God.51
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- 43 Or “I will help you speak.” The independent pronoun puts emphasis (“as for me”) on the subject (“I”).
- 44 Or “and will help him speak.”
- 45 The word “both” is supplied to convey that this object (“you”) and the subject of the next verb (“you must do”) are plural in the Hebrew text, referring to Moses and Aaron. In 4:16 “you” returns to being singular in reference to Moses.
- 46 The imperfect tense carries the obligatory nuance here as well. The relative pronoun with this verb forms a noun clause functioning as the direct object of “I will teach.”
- 47 The word “he” represents the Hebrew independent pronoun, which makes the subject emphatic.
- 48 The phrase “as if” is supplied for clarity.
- 49 Heb “and it will be [that] he, he will be to you for a mouth,” or more simply, “he will be your mouth.”
- 50 Heb “he will be to you for a mouth.”
- 51 The phrase “as if” is supplied for clarity. The word “you” represents the Hebrew independent pronoun, which makes the subject emphatic. Moses will be like God to Aaron, giving him the words to say, inspiring him as God would inspire a prophet. The whole process had now been removed one step. Instead of God speaking to Moses and Moses telling the people, Aaron would be the speaker for a while. But God was still going to work through Moses.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
You will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him to speak and will teach you both what to do. He will speak to the people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to him.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do. Aaron will be your spokesman to the people. He will be your mouthpiece, and you will stand in the place of God for him, telling him what to say.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And you will speak to him, and you will put words in his mouth, and I myself will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you must do. And he will speak for you to the people, and then he will be to you as a mouth, and you will be to him as a god.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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. 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.
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