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He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
Psalms 105:26 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
  • BSB 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 3:10Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
  • Exod 7:1And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
  • Exod 28:12And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
  • Exod 28:29–38And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
  • Exod 29:5–46And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
  • Num 16:40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
  • Exod 28:1–2And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
  • Exod 6:26–27These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
  • 1 Sam 12:6And 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.
  • Josh 24:5I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
  • Mic 6:4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
  • Ps 77:20Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
  • Lev 8:7–36And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
  • Acts 7:34–35I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
  • Num 17:5–8And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
  • Exod 6:11Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
  • Num 16:5–11And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
  • Exod 4:12–14Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
  • Num 16:47–48And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
  • Exod 7:12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

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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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