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Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, “Behold, the children of Israel haven’t listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?”
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Verse 12. Uncircumcised lips. So he calls the defect he had in his words, or utterance. Challoner.—The Hebrews call the heart, and so forth uncircumcised, when it has any natural or moral defect. Acts 7:15. Tirinus.—“I do not speak the language in its purity.” Sym. “I express my sentiments with difficulty.” Calmet. 4:10. Onkelos.
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