Exodus 6: 9-12 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.” But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips.
"One of these things is not like the other" goes the old saying. We see that here in this section of Scripture. Moses goes to God to say that since Israel didn't listen Pharoah won't because of his faltering speech. However, the reason Israel did not listen had nothing to do with Moses' speech. It was Israel's discouragement that kept them from hearing Moses not his way of speaking. The connection that Moses is making is a false one. However, he is bringing it to God as if it is perfectly logical. It isn't but then how often do we use false logic to keep us from doing what is right?
God doesn't point out Moses' faulty logic he deals with Moses' complaint by giving him a helper, his brother, to speak for him. How merciful of God.
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