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.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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.
- NKJV Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.
- NASB So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I Myself will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what you are to do.
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
God will put His words in Moses' mouth, Moses will relay them to Aaron, and God will teach them both. The chain of revelation begins and ends with God.
Overview
God establishes an order: He gives the word to Moses, who gives it to Aaron, while God instructs them throughout. The arrangement preserves that the message originates with God, not with the human speakers. This safeguards the authority of the divine word passed through chosen messengers, anticipating the prophetic and apostolic ministry by which God speaks His word to His people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 51:16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
- Num 23:16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
- Num 23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- Deut 18:18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
- Num 23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
- Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
- Jer 1:9Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
- Isa 59:21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
- Exod 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
- Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Num 22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
- 2 Sam 14:3And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- Exod 7:1–2And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
- 1 Cor 11:23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
- Deut 5:31But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
- 1 Cor 15:1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
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