When the Lord called Moses to lead the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, Moses protested, saying;
"O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue." [1]
So the Lord appointed Aaron, his brother, to be a spokesman for him. Some people have erroneously interpreted this passage to mean that Moses had a speech impediment. Such was not the case. Relating the history of Israel before the Sanhedrin, Stephen stated that;
"Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds." [2]
When Moses said he was “slow of speech,” he only meant that he had difficulty speaking in the Hebrew language.
Moses was raised in the court of Pharaoh as an Egyptian. When Moses visited the Jews in the land of Goshen, they considered him an Egyptian and not one of their own. Moses later fled Egypt after killing another Egyptian for wrongfully oppressing one of the Hebrew slaves. For forty years, Moses lived with his father-in-law Jethro, a Midianite. The Midianites were a confederation of Arab tribes. Moses most likely didn’t even begin speaking the Hebrew language until his 40-year sojourn with the children of Israel in the desert.
Read more about Moses's influence on the authors of the Book of Mormon in Bill Wylson's new book: Hieroglyphs, Golden Plates and Typos.
[1] Exodus 4:10.
[2] Acts 7:22.
"O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue." [1]
So the Lord appointed Aaron, his brother, to be a spokesman for him. Some people have erroneously interpreted this passage to mean that Moses had a speech impediment. Such was not the case. Relating the history of Israel before the Sanhedrin, Stephen stated that;
"Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds." [2]
When Moses said he was “slow of speech,” he only meant that he had difficulty speaking in the Hebrew language.
Moses was raised in the court of Pharaoh as an Egyptian. When Moses visited the Jews in the land of Goshen, they considered him an Egyptian and not one of their own. Moses later fled Egypt after killing another Egyptian for wrongfully oppressing one of the Hebrew slaves. For forty years, Moses lived with his father-in-law Jethro, a Midianite. The Midianites were a confederation of Arab tribes. Moses most likely didn’t even begin speaking the Hebrew language until his 40-year sojourn with the children of Israel in the desert.
Read more about Moses's influence on the authors of the Book of Mormon in Bill Wylson's new book: Hieroglyphs, Golden Plates and Typos.
[1] Exodus 4:10.
[2] Acts 7:22.
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