Exodus 4:12

12 So then go, and I myself will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you must speak."

Exodus 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 4:12

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth
And put words into it, and cause it to speak readily and powerfully; and so it appears that he was mighty in words, as well as in deeds, ( Acts 7:22 ) : and teach thee what thou shalt say;
to Pharaoh, to the Israelites, and to Aaron, that was to speak for him, as is hereafter observed.

Exodus 4:12 In-Context

10 And Moses said to Yahweh, "Please, Lord, I [am] not a man of words, {neither recently nor in the past nor since your speaking} to your servant, because I [am] heavy of mouth and of tongue."

11 And Yahweh said to him, "Who gave a mouth to humankind, or who makes mute or deaf or sighted or blind? [Is it] not I, Yahweh?

12 So then go, and I myself will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you must speak."

13 And he said, "Please, Lord, do send {anyone else whom you wish to send}."

14 {And Yahweh was angry with} Moses and said, "[Is there] not Aaron your brother the Levite? I know that he certainly can speak, and also there he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will rejoice in his heart.