1 Samuel 12:6

1 Samuel 12:7 →

And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

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Interpretation

The work of ministers is to reason with people; not only to exhort and direct, but to persuade, to convince men's judgments, and so to gain their wills and affections. Samuel reasons of the righteous acts of the Lord.

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This thought runs through 1 Samuel 12:6-7.

1 Samuel 12:6 1 Samuel 12:7

Glossary

Samuel Person: Heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20 .
Egypt Place: The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.