1 Samuel 12:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 12:6

Then 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

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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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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2 (604)

But 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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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).

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָעָ֑ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
עָשָׂה֙	'a.Sah	he appointed	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֹשֶׁ֣ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
וְאֶֽת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אַהֲרֹ֔ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר	va.'a.Sher	and who	H834 →
הֶעֱלָ֛ה	he.'e.Lah	he brought up	H5927 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם	'a.vo.tei.Khem	ancestors your	H1 →
מֵאֶ֥רֶץ	me.'E.retz	from [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 6:26
It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
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 independent 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…
Through
Psalms 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
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.
Through
Psalms 105:41
He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
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…
Through
Micah 6:4
For 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.
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…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Samuel