And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

Ver. 1. And the Lord said unto Moses.] In answer to his last exception, which yet he had answered before. Exo 4:16 God bears with our infirmities.

A god to Pharaoh.] Armed with mine authority; a vice-god.

Shall be thy prophet,] i.e., Thy spokesman, and interpreter. Aben-Ezra saith that Aaron, as he was Moses's eldest brother, so he prophesied to the people before Moses showed himself; and hence he is sometimes set before Moses.

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