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Moses and Aaron were two of his priests.[a]
Samuel was among those who prayed to him.
They prayed to the Lord
    and he answered them.
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud.[b]
They obeyed his rules and his commands.
Yes, you answered them, Lord our God.
You forgave the sins of your people.
But when they did wrong things,
    you punished them.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 99:6 This is the only place in the Bible where it says that Moses was a priest. Priests were God's special servants. They all came from the family of Aaron, who was Moses' brother.
  2. 99:7 The pillar of cloud led the Israelites across the wilderness from Egypt to Canaan.
  3. 99:8 Even when God forgave his people, he still needed to punish them when they did wrong things.