King James Version
Numbers 27:15 in the King James Version says “And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,”
Numbers 27:15 · KJV
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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