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Exodus 4:27-29
New English Translation
Exodus 4:27-29
New English Translation
27 The Lord said[a] to Aaron, “Go to the wilderness to meet Moses. So he went and met him at the mountain of God[b] and greeted him with a kiss.[c] 28 Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had[d] sent him and all the signs that he had commanded him. 29 Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.[e]
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- Exodus 4:27 tn Heb “And Yahweh said.”
- Exodus 4:27 tn S. R. Driver considers that this verse is a continuation of vv. 17 and 18 and that Aaron met Moses before Moses started back to Egypt (Exodus, 33). The first verb, then, might have the nuance of a past perfect: Yahweh had said.
- Exodus 4:27 tn Heb “and kissed him.”
- Exodus 4:28 tn This verb and the last one in the verse are rendered with the past perfect nuance because they refer to what the Lord had done prior to Moses’ telling Aaron.
- Exodus 4:29 sn These are the leaders of the tribes who represented all the people. Later, after the exodus, Moses will select the most capable of them and others to be rulers in a judicial sense (Exod 18:21).
Exodus 4:27-29
New International Version
Exodus 4:27-29
New International Version
27 The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain(A) of God and kissed(B) him. 28 Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform.
29 Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders(C) of the Israelites,
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