God describes the working arrangement He is establishing: you shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. The delegation flows downward: God to Moses, Moses to Aaron, Aaron to Pharaoh. Yet God maintains oversight of the whole chain — I will help both of you. This is not merely a concession to Moses' weakness; it is a model of how God works through community. The prophetic tradition operates on exactly this structure: God gives the word to the prophet, the prophet delivers it to the people or the king. Deuteronomy 18:18 describes the coming prophet in similar terms: I will put my words in his mouth. Jesus tells His disciples in John 16:13 that the Spirit will guide them into all truth — the same dynamic extended to the New Covenant community. Moses gets his wish: someone will speak for him. But Moses does not get out of the work — he is still responsible for every word Aaron will say.

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