What Does Exodus 24:14 Mean in the King James?
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Even “matters” are literally “words” here: what weighs on someone can be brought to those who are present to receive it.
THE MEANING
When one central voice steps away, a matter still has a route to people entrusted to meet it. Aaron and Hur remain reachable, and the person who has something to bring is invited to approach them.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that access depends on one indispensable voice is undone: Aaron and Hur are there, and the person with a matter is told to come to them.
THE ROOT
דְּבָרִים
devarim
GROWS FROM
דבר
d-b-r
To speak or utter; as a noun, a word, thing, or matter.
The Hebrew devarim can mean both “words” and “matters,” where English gives the concern a more abstract name. The verse presents a matter as something that can be voiced and brought near to those ready to receive it.
ALSO GROWS
davar: A word, thing, or matter.
דָּבָר
This singular form shares the range of “words” and “matters,” joining what is said with the concern being brought forward.
dibber: Spoke; to speak.
דִּבֵּר
This verb grows from the same root, connecting the matter someone carries with the act of speaking it.
THE PATTERN
A community stays accessible when responsibility is entrusted to people who remain present to receive its matters.
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.THE THREAD
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.The “cause” brought to Moses is דָּבָר (davar), meaning a word or matter, the same root behind Exodus’s “matters.” This verse opens the scene further: a concern can be brought near, and there is someone present to hear it.
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