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Numbers 33:50

“And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,”

And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab.

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

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The strongest argument against this interpretation is that the verse, taken in isolation, does not explicitly mention a "messenger" or "agency." It simply states that "the Lord spake unto Moses." While the concept of divine agency is pervasive in the Bible, this particular verse doesn't *require* an agency interpretation to be understood. One could argue that it's a direct, unmediated communication from God to Moses, as is often depicted elsewhere in the Pentateuch. The agency interpretation is

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Related Verses

Numbers 35:1

“And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,”

Numbers 26:3

“And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,”

Numbers 36:13

“These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.”

Numbers 34:16

“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,”

Numbers 34:1

“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,”

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