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1 Samuel 12:6 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 6
And 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.1 Samuel 12:6 · King James Version
1 Samuel 12:6 in context
4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
5And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
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.
7Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- advancedʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- broughtʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
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Samuel, having sufficiently secured his own reputation, instead of upbraiding the people upon it with their unkindness to him, sets himself to instruct them, and keep them in the way of their duty, and then the change of the government would be the less damage to them. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-15