And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,
And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying,
And Moses speaketh unto Jehovah, saying,
And Moses spoke to Jehovah, saying,
Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
Voices2
And Moses spake unto the Lord,.... Having requested to go into the land and see it, which was denied him; and perceiving he must quickly die, and being a man of a public spirit, and concerned for the welfare of the people of Israel, prays that a successor might be nominated and appointed: saying; as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
And Moses spake unto the Lord - Concerning his successor. We should concern ourselves both in our prayers and in our endeavours for the rising generation, that God's kingdom may be advanced among men, when we are in our graves.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
The verses this one reaches1
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
