Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
13. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
13. Et dixit, obsecro Domine, mitte per manum per quam mittes.
14. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother?
14. Et iratus est furor Jehovae contra Mosen, et dixit, Annon Aharon fratrem tuum Levitam novi, quod loquendo loquuturus sit ipse? Atque etiam ecce egredietur in occursum tuum, et te aspiciens laetabitur in corde suo.
I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
15. Loqueris igitur ad cum, et pones verba in os ejus, et ego ero cum ore tuo, et cum ore ejus, et ostendam vobis quae sitis facturi.
16. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of
16. Et loquetur ipse pro te ad populum, eritque tibi pro ore, et tu eris illi pro Deo. a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
17. And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
17. Et baculum hunc accipies in manu tua, ut facias per eum (vel, cum eo) signa.
10. O my Lord. Moses catches at every word of escape, so as to force himself from the task imposed on him, not that he desires to refuse the command, but because he trembles at its importance. It is this distrust of his own powers which makes him so hesitating and timid. The remedy was obvious, that he should assure himself, since he well knew that he was undertaking nothing rashly, that God, whose command he obeyed, would supply him with ample strength. In this, then, lay the fault, that he did not cast all his cares on God, and, setting aside his own weakness, hope against hope, like Abraham, who