During Moses' calling at the burning bush, Moses says that he is "not eloquent," but "slow of speech and of tongue" (Ex 4:10). Based on this statement, many have wondered if Moses stuttered or had some other kind of speech impediment.
Commentator Douglas Stuart points out that in the Ancient Near East, it was customary for people to be extremely modest when being offered an important responsibility, and that is surely what is going on here. Moses ends up doing a lot of speaking in the Pentateuch and shows no signs of lacking eloquence or speaking skill. As Stephen later said in Acts 7:22, Moses was "mighty in his words and deeds."
We see similar modesty from Jeremiah (Jer 1:6) and from Saul (1 Sam 9:21), for example.
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