the LORD (Hebrew. Jehovah. said. See notes on Exodus 3:7 and Exodus 6:10.
Write. First occurrence. The tablets found at Lachish and Tel-el-Amarna show that writing of. high order was fully developed before the time of Moses.
in. book. Hebrew "in the book" (bassepher). This writing afterward ordered for "the Book of the Law" (Exodus 24:4; Exodus 24:7). See App-47, where the history of that Book is traced from this passage to Malachi.
put out. blot out. Compare Deuteronomy 25:19; Numbers 24:20.