Exodus 4:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

He shall be thy spokesman. — Heb.,He shall speak for thee.

He shall be, even he shall be. — Rather, it shall come to pass that he shall be, &c.

Instead of God. — God did not speak to Aaron directly, but only through Moses. Aaron was to recognise in Moses God’s mouthpiece, and to consider what Moses told him as coming from God. Moses had still, therefore, the higher position.

Exodus 4:16

16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.