Keluaran 4:13

4:13 But Moses said, ¹  “O ²  my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!” ³ 

Keluaran 4:2

4:2 The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.” ⁴ 

Kisah Para Rasul 14:27

14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported ⁵  all the things God ⁶  had done with them, and that he had opened a door ⁷  of faith for the Gentiles.

Kisah Para Rasul 14:27

14:27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported ⁸  all the things God ⁹  had done with them, and that he had opened a door ¹⁰  of faith for the Gentiles.

Roma 15:18

15:18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience ¹¹  of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

[4:13]  ¹ tn Heb “And he said”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:13]  ² tn The word בִּי (bi) is a particle of entreaty; it seeks permission to speak and is always followed by “Lord” or “my Lord.”

[4:13]  ³ tn The text has simply שְׁלַח־נָא בְּיַד־תִּשְׁלָח (shÿlakh-na’ bÿyad tishlakh, “send by the hand you will send”). This is not Moses’ resignation to doing God’s will – it is his final attempt to avoid the call. It carries the force of asking God to send someone else. This is an example of an independent relative clause governed by the genitive: “by the hand of – whomever you will send” (see GKC 488-89 §155.n).

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Or “rod” (KJV, ASV); NCV, CEV “walking stick”; NLT “shepherd’s staff.”

[4:2]  sn The staff appears here to be the shepherd’s staff that he was holding. It now will become the instrument with which Moses will do the mighty works, for it is the medium of the display of the divine power (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 27; also, L. Shalit, “How Moses Turned a Staff into a Snake and Back Again,” BAR 9 [1983]: 72-73).

[14:27]  ⁵ tn Or “announced.”

[14:27]  ⁶ sn Note that God is the subject of the activity. The outcome of this mission is seen as a confirmation of the mission to the Gentiles.

[14:27]  ⁷ sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

[14:27]  ⁸ tn Or “announced.”

[14:27]  ⁹ sn Note that God is the subject of the activity. The outcome of this mission is seen as a confirmation of the mission to the Gentiles.

[14:27]  ¹⁰ sn On the image of opening, or of the door, see 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; Col 4:3.

[15:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “unto obedience.”