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Psalms 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the worshipping community, directing them to exalt the LORD before His footstool. This verse identifies Moses, Aaron, and Samuel as the designated mediators through whom Israel encountered God during the covenant period.
The words — The Hebrew בְּקֹרְאֵי שְׁמוֹ (be./ko.re.'Ei she.M/o) literally renders "among those calling on His name," marking a distinct group of intercessors. The participle קֹרִאים (ko.Rim) specifies their action as a vocal appeal that the text states the LORD answered.
The thread — The same pairing of Moses and Samuel appears in Jeremiah 15:1, where God uses their intercessory roles to illustrate the limits of human mediation. The pattern of calling and divine response aligns with Exodus 15:25 and Exodus 24:6, where covenant stipulations and blood rituals precede God's spoken word.
Why it lands — The text states that God responds to the cries of His appointed mediators, not to unmediated appeals. It requires readers to align their worship with the specific decrees and statutes delivered through those figures.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 15:1 Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
- Exodus 15:25 And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
- Exodus 24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.
- Exodus 14:15 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
- 1 Samuel 7:9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
- 1 Samuel 12:18 So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
- Exodus 29:11 And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 32:11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
- Exodus 32:30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
- Exodus 33:12 Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’