{"id":40844,"date":"2018-09-25T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T13:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=40844"},"modified":"2022-04-19T11:15:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T08:15:17","slug":"moses-shtick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/moses-shtick\/","title":{"rendered":"Moses\u2019 Shtick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this chapter, God prepared Moses for his confrontation with Pharaoh. At this point in time, we have no inkling that there will be numerous confrontations; for all Moses knows now\u2014he will succeed at first without having to try try again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two items stand out: The first is the staff that Moses was instructed to take along. Since we have already been introduced to him as a shepherd, we can safely assume that the staff in question was his shepherd\u2019s crook, a long piece of wood curved at the top so it can be placed about the neck of a recalcitrant sheep to direct it to safety. <\/span><\/p>\n

This staff, which he now turned into a snake, will also be featured the plagues of hail and locusts. The fact that he was instructed to bring it to bear when drawing water from the flint rock (Numbers 20:8 ff.) suggests that it was also in his raised hand at the splitting of the sea, the battle against Amalek, and may have accompanied him throughout the forty year sojourn in the wilderness. Aaron, too, has a staff (7:9 ff.) and it makes its comeback in the Korah incident (Numbers 17).<\/span><\/p>\n

The second noteworthy item is Aaron himself. When Moses balked at his mission, citing a difficulty with public speaking, God indicated that Aaron would do his talking. Verse 16 describes their relationship as \u201cHe [Aaron] will serve as your spokesman (<\/span>peh<\/span><\/i>, mouthpiece?) and you [Moses] will be his boss (<\/span>elohim<\/span><\/i>).\u201d Curiously, when this relationship is referenced in 7:1, there is a significant substitution: \u201cYou [Moses] will be a boss [<\/span>elohim<\/span><\/i>] to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet [<\/span>nevi\u2019ekha]<\/span><\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nApplying the axiom that things equal to the same thing are equal to each other, we may conclude that the principal meaning of prophet is spokesman.<\/span><\/p>\n

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