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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 4:15

Thou shalt... put words in his mouth, i.e., Tell him what he is to say — furnish the matter of his speeches, which he will then clothe with appropriate language.

With thy mouth. — Suggesting the matter to thee.

With his mouth. — Suggesting the language to him.

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