Exodus 4:7

“Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD commands Moses to repeat the action from the preceding sign, directing him to place his hand back into his cloak to reverse the leprous condition.

The words — The Hebrew הָשֵׁ֤ב (ha.Shev) and וַ/יָּ֥שֶׁב (va/i.Ya.shev) both derive from H7725, meaning "to return" or "to put back," marking the deliberate reversal of the hand's state.

The thread — This sequence of divine reversal aligns with the declaration in Deuteronomy 32:39 that God wounds and heals, mirrors the physical restoration in 2 Kings 5:14, and prefigures the healing authority exercised in Matthew 8:3.

Why it lands — The verse records a commanded physical restoration to authenticate a prophetic commission, requiring the reader to note the sequence of divine instruction, human obedience, and the resulting reversal of the sign.

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The Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֗אמֶרva/i.Yo.merand/ he said הָשֵׁ֤בha.Shevreturn יָֽדְךָ֙ya.de./Khahand/ your אֶל־'el-into חֵיקֶ֔ךָchei.Ke./chabosom/ your וַיָּ֥שֶׁבva/i.Ya.shevand/ he returned יָד֖וֹya.D/ohand/ his אֶל־'el-into חֵיק֑וֹchei.K/obosom/ his וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙va/i.yo.tzi.'A/hand/ he brought out/ it מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹme./chei.K/ofrom/ bosom/ his וְהִנֵּה־ve./hi.neh-and/ there!שָׁ֖בָהSha.vahit had turned back כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ׃ki/v.sa.R/olike/ flesh/ his

King James Version

And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
2 Kings 5:14 So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
Matthew 8:3 Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Numbers 12:13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”