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He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
Psalms 105:26 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
  • KJV He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
  • NKJV He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron whom He had chosen.
  • NASB He sent His servant Moses, And Aaron, whom He had chosen.
  • NLT But the Lord sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.

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Quick answer

God sent Moses His servant and Aaron whom He had chosen. It matters because God raised up appointed leaders to deliver His people.

Overview

To free Israel from Egypt, God called Moses and Aaron (Exodus 3-4). Both terms, 'servant' and 'chosen,' stress that their authority came from God's commission, not their own initiative. Moses as deliverer and mediator foreshadows Christ, the greater Mediator who leads His people out of bondage to sin.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Exod 3:10Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
  • Exod 7:1The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
  • Exod 28:12Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
  • Exod 28:29–38Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.
  • Exod 29:5–46Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.
  • Num 16:40just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
  • Exod 28:1–2“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
  • Exod 6:26–27It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
  • 1 Sam 12:6Then 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.
  • Josh 24:5Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
  • 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.
  • Ps 77:20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
  • Lev 8:7–36He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him.
  • Acts 7:34–35I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
  • Num 17:5–8The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
  • Exod 6:11“Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
  • Num 16:5–11Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.
  • Exod 4:12–14Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
  • Num 16:47–48So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.
  • Exod 7:12Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 105:26 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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