Numbers 16:28

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ מֹשֶׁה֒ בְּזֹאת֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּן כִּֽי־יְהוָ֣ה שְׁלָחַ֔נִי לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה כִּי־לֹ֖א מִלִּבִּֽי׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer Mōšeh, by-this tēdəʿûn that-YHWH šəlāḥanî to-laʿăśôt ʾēt all-the-hammaʿăśîm these, for-not from-my-heart

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
• *tēdəʿûn*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + paragogic nun - you will know
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *šəlāḥanî*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - he has sent me
• *laʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *hammaʿăśîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the works/deeds

Word Meanings

• *tēdəʿûn*: you will know/recognize/acknowledge
• *millibî*: from my heart/of my own mind/of my own accord

Referenced Verses

• Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
• Jer 23:16 : 16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
• Ezek 13:17 : 17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
• John 5:36 : 36 But I have greater witness than that of n: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
• John 6:38 : 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
• John 11:42 : 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
• John 14:11 : 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
• Zech 2:9 : 9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
• Zech 4:9 : 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
• John 5:30 : 30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
• Exod 4:1-9 : 1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: 5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 7 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. 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
• Exod 7:9 : 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
• Num 24:13 : 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
• Deut 18:22 : 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
• 1 Kgs 18:36 : 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.