So Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses told Aaron all Yahweh’s words with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.
- KJV And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
- BSB And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
- NASB Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which He had sent him, and all the signs that He had commanded him to do.
- NLT Moses then told Aaron everything the Lord had commanded him to say. And he told him about the miraculous signs the Lord had commanded him to perform.
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Quick answer
Moses tells Aaron all of God's words and signs. The message is faithfully passed on so the two can speak with one voice to Israel.
Overview
Moses relays to Aaron the full content of God's commission, both words and signs, equipping his spokesman for the task ahead. This careful transmission ensures the message reaching Israel is God's own, unaltered by the messengers. The verse models the faithful handing on of divine revelation that marks all true ministry of the word.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 4:8–9“It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
- Exod 4:15–16You 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.
- Matt 21:29He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
- Jonah 3:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.”
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