Exo 6:11 | KingComments | STEP | God is not impressed by the reaction of the people. Moses is. He is again discouraged. Again he comes up with the argument that he is unskilled in speech ( ; ). Literally it says ‘uncircumcised of lips’ (cf. ). Circumcision is the sign of the covenant, the external mark that a person had to have in order to be a member of God’s earthly people ( ). Moses feels like someone who is lacking something, like a deficient member of God’s people, so that he finds himself incapable and unable to speak with power. He feels powerless. The LORD does not react to it, but commands him to go to the Israelites and to Pharaoh. This command also applies to Aaron whom God gives to Moses for the execution of the command precisely in view of his argument that he cannot speak well ( ). He adds the purpose of the assignment: to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

‏ Exodus 6:11

Moses Has to Go to Pharaoh Again

God is not impressed by the reaction of the people. Moses is. He is again discouraged. Again he comes up with the argument that he is unskilled in speech (Exo 6:12; Exo 4:10). Literally it says ‘uncircumcised of lips’ (cf. Jer 6:10 ; Jer 9:26). Circumcision is the sign of the covenant, the external mark that a person had to have in order to be a member of God’s earthly people (Gen 17:9-14). Moses feels like someone who is lacking something, like a deficient member of God’s people, so that he finds himself incapable and unable to speak with power. He feels powerless.

The LORD does not react to it, but commands him to go to the Israelites and to Pharaoh. This command also applies to Aaron whom God gives to Moses for the execution of the command precisely in view of his argument that he cannot speak well (Exo 4:14). He adds the purpose of the assignment: to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.