Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
Parallel translations
- WEB Samuel said to the people, “It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
- KJV And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
- NKJV Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who raised up Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.
- NASB Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.
- NLT “It was the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron,” Samuel continued. “He brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.
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Quick answer
Samuel declares that it is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought Israel out of Egypt. He grounds his appeal in God's saving acts.
Overview
By recalling the exodus and its leaders, Samuel reminds Israel that their whole history rests on God's gracious initiative. This sets the foundation for his coming review of the Lord's 'righteous acts.' The emphasis on God as the true author of Israel's deliverance reframes the people's craving for a human king.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Mic 6:4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
- Exod 6:26It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
- Ps 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
- Ps 99:6Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
- Ps 77:19–20Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- Ps 105:26He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
- Isa 63:7–14I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
- Ps 78:12–72He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Hos 12:13But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
- Neh 9:9–14You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
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Christ at the center
The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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