Psalms 105:26
in Psalms 105He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
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ASV
He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron whom he had chosen.
KJV
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
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This verse in Psalms 105
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHe sent Moses his servant,.... Into Egypt, to deliver his people Israel out of the hands of the Egyptians; in which, as in other things, he approved himself to be a faithful servant to the Lord; of this mission of his, see Exo 3:10. In this he was a type of Christ, who appeared in the form of a servant, and really was one; God's righteous servant as Mediator, though his Son as a divine Person; sent by him to redeem his people out of worse than Egyptian bondage, from sin, Satan, the law, its curse and condemnation.
This site's exposition
He sent Moses His servant
on Psalms 105:26-31
Darkness comes first in the psalm and ninth in Exodus, where it falls at Exodus 10:21. The frogs are the plague that reaches the king's own rooms. Blood in the water, dead fish, frogs, and swarms of gnats follow the darkness here.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The following verses, which are sung in praise of Him when Allelujah is chanted, show how He used this hatred of theirs, both for the trial of His own people, and for the glory of His Name, which is profitable for us. "He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen him" [Psalm 105:26]. "Whom He had chosen," would be sufficient; but there is no difficulty in the addition of "him." It is a phrase of Scripture, as, "The land in which they shall dwell in it:" a phrase which the divine pages are full of.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Moses was designed to be their lawgiver and chief magistrate, Aaron to be their chief priest; and therefore, that they might respect them the more and submit to them the more cheerfully, God made use of them as their deliverers. The means of accomplishing that deliverance; these were the plagues of Egypt.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. When the oppression was at the worst, Moses came. For the second time we have here the expression, "he sent"; he who sent Joseph sent also Moses and his eloquent brother. The Lord had the men in readiness and all he had to do was to commission them and thrust them forward. They were two, for mutual comfort and strength, even as the apostles and the seventy in our Lord's day were sent forth two and two. The men differed, and so the one became the supplement of the other, and together they were able to accomplish far more than if they had been exactly alike: the main point was that they were both sent, and hence both clothed with divine might.
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. When the oppression was at the worst, Moses came. For the second time we have here the expression, "he sent"; he who sent Joseph sent also Moses and his eloquent brother. The Lord had the men in readiness and all he had to do was to commission them and thrust them forward. They were two, for mutual comfort and strength, even as the apostles and the seventy in our Lord's day were sent forth two and two.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
He sent Moses his servant - He sent Moses to be his servant in delivering his people; that is, to accomplish the work which he had designed should be done. And Aaron whom he had chosen - whom he had selected to perform an important work in delivering his people from bondage.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁ֭לַח | shalach | he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֣ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| עַבְדּ֑וֹ | avdo | servant his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אַ֝הֲרֹ֗ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּֽחַר־ | bachar- | he had chosen | H977 → | 171 times |
| בּֽוֹ׃ | bo | <in> him |
שָׁ֭לַחhe sent
shalachH7971 →845 times
מֹשֶׁ֣הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
עַבְדּ֑וֹservant his
avdoH5650 →799 times
אַ֝הֲרֹ֗ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּֽחַר־he had chosen
bachar-H977 →171 times
בּֽוֹ׃<in> him
bo
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 7:1The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
it leads to
- Exodus 4:15–16
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Psalms 82:6
I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
- John 10:35–36
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
- Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- Exodus 4:15–16
Through
Exodus 3:10Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
it leads to
- 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.
- 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.
- Isaiah 63:11–12
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His…
- Acts 7:34
I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
- Micah 6:4
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 105; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 5; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.