1 Samuel 12:6
in 1 Samuel 12Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Samuel said unto the people, It is Jehovah that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut he himself further adds, saying: 'The Lord, who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, He Himself is witness.' In this passage it should be noted that the holy man did not speak of the good things he had done, but rather set forth the evil things he had not done; so that by keeping silent he might preserve his good deeds for eternal rewards, and by speaking he might not lose the fragrance of his good reputation.
This site's exposition
The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron
on 1 Samuel 12:6-8
Samuel moves from his own record to the nation’s. The pattern of crying to God and receiving a deliverer is the shape Judges narrates at length, compressed here into three verses. The word rendered "confront" is a term for formal legal argument, the courtroom sense of verses 3 to 5.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Samuel said unto the people,.... Having cleared and established his own character, he proceeds to lay before the people some of the great things God had done for them formerly, and quite down to the present time, the more to aggravate their ingratitude in rejecting God as their King: it is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron; raised them from a low estate, the one in a foreign country in Midian, the other in bondage in Egypt, to be deliverers, guides, and governors of his people Israel.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Advanced - In the sense of appointing them to their office. It is, literally, “made” (see the margin; 1Ki 12:31; Heb 3:2). Samuel’s purpose is to impress the people with the conviction that Yahweh was their God, and the God of their fathers; that to Him they owed their national existence and all their national blessings, and that faithfulness to Him, to the exclusion of all other worship 1Sa 12:21 was the only safety of the newly-established monarchy. Observe the constant reference to the Exodus as the well-known turning-point of their national life (see 1Sa 4:8; 1Sa 6:6).
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל | shemuel | Samuel | H8050 → | 141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעָ֑ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂה֙ | ʾasah | he appointed | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֣ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | |
| וְאֶֽת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֔ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | |
| וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר | vaasher | and who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הֶעֱלָ֛ה | heelah | he brought up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾavoteikhem | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
שְׁמוּאֵ֖לSamuel
shemuelH8050 →141 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעָ֑םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂה֙he appointed
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מֹשֶׁ֣הMoses
moshehH4872 →
וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אַהֲרֹ֔ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֧רand who
vaasherH834 →5497 times
הֶעֱלָ֛הhe brought up
heelahH5927 →890 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖םancestors your
ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
מֵאֶ֥רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 6:26It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
it leads to
- Exodus 12:51
And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 7:4
Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land…
- Exodus 12:17
So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute…
- Exodus 12:51
Through
Psalms 99:6Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
- Jeremiah 15:1
Through
Psalms 105:41He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
it leads to
- Numbers 20:11
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
- Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in…
- Numbers 20:11
Through
Micah 6:4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
- Deuteronomy 7:8
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Samuel
Who and where
4 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.
- PersonExodus eraAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the…
- PersonJudges to monarchySamuelAsked of God by Hannah and lent to the LORD at Shiloh; the last judge and first of the prophets after Moses, who anointed both Sau…
- PlaceThe NileEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).