What is the meaning of Exodus 4:28? And Moses told Aaron When the two brothers reunite in the wilderness (Exodus 4:27), Moses immediately opens up about his encounter with the LORD. • This openness models the kind of transparent fellowship later urged in passages like 1 John 1:3, where believers “proclaim to you what we have seen and heard.” • Moses recognizes Aaron as God’s chosen partner for the mission (Exodus 4:14–16), so withholding nothing is an act of obedience as well as brotherly trust. everything the LORD had sent him to say God had already spelled out the full message at the burning bush (Exodus 3:14-18). Moses now passes it on intact. • In doing so he mirrors later prophetic faithfulness—Jeremiah 1:7 records the LORD saying, “You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.” • Complete transmission guards the message from distortion, anticipating Paul’s charge to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:2 to “entrust to faithful men” exactly what has been received. and all the signs The “signs” refer to the staff turning into a snake, the leprous-then-healed hand, and the Nile water turned to blood (Exodus 4:2-9). • Signs authenticate the spoken word; John 20:30-31 makes the same point about Christ’s miracles. • By rehearsing them for Aaron, Moses reinforces that their mission carries divine authority, echoing how the apostles later “went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the signs that accompanied it” (Mark 16:20). He had commanded him to perform The verse stresses that the signs are not Moses’ idea; they are direct commands. • Exodus 7:6 highlights Moses and Aaron’s obedience: “Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.” • Deuteronomy 34:10-12 looks back on these very acts as proof that “the LORD knew Moses face to face…for all the mighty power and awesome deeds.” • The pattern—command, obedience, confirmation—foreshadows Jesus’ words in John 14:21: “Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me.” summary Exodus 4:28 shows Moses immediately aligning his relationship with Aaron under God’s authority: he shares the full message and the validating signs exactly as received. Their forthcoming ministry to Israel—and eventual confrontation with Pharaoh—will rest on this twin foundation of faithful proclamation and divinely empowered action. |
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