Exodus 4:12

4:12 So now go, and I will be with your mouth ¹  and will teach you ²  what you must say.” ³ 

Exodus 15:4

15:4 The chariots of Pharaoh ⁴  and his army he has thrown into the sea,

and his chosen ⁵  officers were drowned ⁶  in the Red Sea.

Exodus 35:34

35:34 And he has put it in his heart ⁷  to teach, he and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

[4:12]  ¹ sn The promise of divine presence always indicates intervention (for blessing or cursing). Here it means that God would be working through the organs of speech to help Moses speak. See Deut 18:18; Jer 1:9.

[4:12]  ² sn The verb is וְהוֹרֵיתִיךָ (vÿhoretikha), the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive. The form carries the instructional meaning because it follows the imperative “go.” In fact, there is a sequence at work here: “go…and/that I may teach you.” It is from יָרָה (yara), the same root behind תּוֹרָה (torah, “law”). This always referred to teaching either wisdom or revelation. Here Yahweh promises to teach Moses what to say.

[4:12]  ³ tn The form is the imperfect tense. While it could be taken as a future (“what you will say”), an obligatory imperfect captures the significance better (“what you must say” or “what you are to say”). Not even the content of the message will be left up to Moses.

[15:4]  ⁴ tn Gesenius notes that the sign of the accusative, often omitted in poetry, is not found in this entire song (GKC 363 §117.b).

[15:4]  ⁵ tn The word is a substantive, “choice, selection”; it is here used in the construct state to convey an attribute before a partitive genitive – “the choice of his officers” means his “choice officers” (see GKC 417 §128.r).

[15:4]  ⁶ tn The form is a Qal passive rather than a Pual, for there is not Piel form or meaning.

[35:34]  ⁷ sn The expression means that God has given them the ability and the desire to teach others how to do the work. The infinitive construct “to teach” is related to the word Torah, “instruction, guide, law.” They will be able to direct others in the work.