Exodus - 6:30



30 Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 6:30.

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And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
And Moses said before the Lord: Lo I am of uncircumcised lips, how will Pharao hear me?
And Moses said to the Lord, My lips are unclean; how is it possible that Pharaoh will give me a hearing?
And Moses said in the sight of the Lord: "Lo, I am of uncircumcised lips, how will Pharaoh listen to me?"
Tunc ait Moses coram Jehova, Ecce ego incircumcisus sum labiis, et quomodo audiet me Pharao?

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of (l) uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
(l) The disobedience both of Moses and of the people, shows that their deliverance came only from God's free mercy.

And Moses said before the Lord, behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,.... As he had done, Exodus 6:13, and this is only a repetition of what is there said, in order to lead on to what is related in the following chapter:
how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? so mean a person, and so poor a speaker, and he a mighty king, surrounded with wise counsellors and eloquent orators.

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