Jehovah's Voice
Jehovah is the Almighty living God, the Father, and this one and only God has a voice, "and you said, Behold, Jehovah your God has revealed His glory and His greatness to us, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks to man, and he lives. Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah your God any more, then we shall die." (Deuteronomy 5:24,25). The ones speaking were the Israelites after hearing the Ten Commandments spoken by the voice of their God. He wanted His people to learn to fear Him that they would keep His commands. This was from the account at Mount Sinai in Exodus, "And God spoke these words, saying, I am Jehovah your God, who has brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage." (Exodus 20:1,2), and "and Jehovah gave to me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them was written according to all the words which Jehovah spoke with you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly;" (Deuteronomy 9:10). Could there be any question that God Almighty speaks to man directly with a voice? But Solomon adds more, "And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, God of Israel, who spoke by His mouth with my father David, and by His hand has fulfilled it, saying," (I Kings 8:15).
God's voice was first heard by Adam, "And they heard the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the middle of the trees of the garden. And Jehovah God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" (Genesis 3:8,9). Abraham, Moses and the Israelites, Job and his friends, David, Solomon and a few others heard God's voice but to others He sent an angel or prophets to speak His words, "And the Angel of Jehovah returned a second time and touched him and said, Get up, eat for the way is too great for you." (I Kings 19:7). Other times an angel just supplied an image, but Jehovah Himself, spoke, "And Gideon saw that He was the Angel of Jehovah. And Gideon said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Because I have seen the Angel of Jehovah face to face! And Jehovah said to him, Peace to you, fear not. You shall not die." (Judges 6:22), notice, Jehovah spoke and not the Angel of Jehovah. "And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire in the middle of the thorn bush..." (Exodus 3:2). Then God Himself spoke, "And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him from the midst of the thorn bush, and said, Moses! Moses! And he said, I am here." (Exodus 3:4) and in verse 6 the voice distinguished Himself further, "And He said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he feared to look upon God." (Exodus 3:6). This was, without a doubt the voice of Jehovah God because there is only one God and He is God Almighty, the only God whose name is "Jehovah"; there is only one named Jehovah, "Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God is one Jehovah." (Deuteronomy 6:4). To further connect the voice of "Jehovah" with God Almighty, "Jehovah thundered from the heavens, and the most High gave forth His voice." (II Samuel 22:14), only one can be the, "most High".
The angels of Jehovah appeared in the Old Testament only, and most consider the
Angel to be Michael (Jesus) because "angel" in many cases is capitalized, however,
this was a decision made by the translator, a man. Some "angels of Jehovah" the "a"
is not capitalized to indicate that they were not a divine angel, only messengers
of God. In the Hebrew text there is no distinction as to capitalization, all "angels"
in the Hebrew are Strong's #4397, but two in Daniel that are #4398, corresp. to 4397;
an angel: -
God Jehovah used His voice and spoke both in the Old Testament and also in the New Testament, "And behold! A voice out of Heaven, saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found delight." (Matthew 3:17), "While he was yet speaking, behold, a radiant cloud overshadowed them. And behold, a voice out of the cloud saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight, hear Him." (Matthew 17:5) and "Father glorify Your name. Then a voice came out of heaven: I both glorify it, and again I will glorify it." (John 12:28). God surely used His voice, and when He chooses not to, He would send an angel, whether it is Jesus or a created angel from Heaven is not Biblically distinguished, either way. Man, by his own authority has determined if an "angel" is Jesus or not, this cannot be trusted as accurate. It could be that none were the Son of God, but with one exception, when Jesus spoke with Paul (Saul) on the road to Damascus, but Christ wasn't at that time represented in the Greek as an "Angel", but Christ Himself spok. I need to stress that only God Almighty possesses the name of "Jehovah", "And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth. In that day there shall one Jehovah and His name one." (Zechariah 14:9). Is not the truth of God's word more important then any of man's agendas?
Below is a list of other times God Jehovah spoke with His voice:
Genesis 17:1 "And when Abram was ninety-
Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the
Almighty God! Walk before Me and be perfect."
Genesis 17:3 "And Abram fell on his face. And God spoke to
him saying,"
Exodus 6:2 "And God spoke to Moses and said to him, I
am God."
Exodus 6:28 "And it happened on the day Jehovah spoke to
Moses in the land of Egypt"
Exodus 19:3 "And Moses went up to God. And Jehovah called
to him from the mountain saying, You shall say this to the
house of Jacob, and tell it to the sons of Israel."
Exodus 19:5 "And now if you will surely listen to My voice,
and will keep My covenant, you will become a special
treasure to Me above all the nations, for all the earth is
Mine."
Exodus 19:9 "And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, I come to
you in a darkness of clouds so the people may hear My
speaking with you and, and in you they may believe
forever. And Moses told the words of the people to
Jehovah."
Exodus 19:19 "And it happened, while the sound of the ram's
horn was sounding, and becoming very strong, Moses
spoke. And God answered him by a voice."
Exodus 20:1,2 "And God spoke all these words saying, I am
your God who has brought you out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of bondage."
Exodus 20:22 "And Jehovah said to Moses. You shall say this
to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken
with you from the heavens."
Exodus 33:11 "And Jehovah would speak to Moses face to
face, as a man speaks to a he friend. And would return to
the camp..."
Numbers 3:39 "All that were numbered of the Levites,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the mouth of Jehovah
by their families..."
Numbers 9:20 "And so when the cloud was a number of days
over the tabernacle, by the mouth of Jehovah they camped;
and by the mouth of Jehovah they pulled up stakes."
Numbers 9:23 "By the mouth of Jehovah they encamped, and
by the mouth of Jehovah they pulled up stakes They kept
the charge of Jehovah, by the mouth of Jehovah..."
Numbers 10:13 "And they set forth first at the mouth of
Jehovah, by the hand of Moses."
Numbers 7:89 "And when Moses went into the tent of the
congregation to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking
to him from the mercy-
testament from between the two cherubs and He spoke
to him."
Deuteronomy 4:12 "And Jehovah spoke to you out of the midst
of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you did not
see a form, only a voice."
Deuteronomy 4:33 "Has a people heard the voice of God
speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard
and lived?"
Deuteronomy 4:35,36 "To you it was revealed, so that you
might know that Jehovah is God and no one else besides
Him. He made you hear His voice out of the heavens, that
He might discipline you; and He made you to see His great
fire on earth; and you heard His word from the midst of
the fire."
Deuteronomy 5:4 "Jehovah talked to you face to face in the
mountain out of the midst of the fire."
Deuteronomy 5:22 "Jehovah spoke these words to all the
assembly, on the mount, out of the midst of fire of the cloud,
and out of the thick darkness with a great voice. And He
added no more; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone..."
Deuteronomy 5:24 "and you said, behold, Jehovah your God
has revealed His glory and His greatness to us, and we
have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire; we have
seen today that God speaks with man, and he lives.id glory"
Deuteronomy 10:9 "Therefore Levi has no portion nor
inheritance according as Jehovah your God spoke
to him."
Deuteronomy 28:2 "And all these blessings shall come on
you and overtake you, if you will listen to the voice of
Jehovah your God."
Deuteronomy 28:15 and 45 "And it shall be, if you will not
listen to the voice of your God, to take heed to do all His
commandments and His statutes which I am commanding
you today, that all these curses shall come on you and
overtake you."
Deuteronomy 28:62 "And you shall be left few in number,
where as you were as the stars of the heavens for multitude,
because you would not obey the voice of Jehovah your God."
Deuteronomy 30:10 + 2,8 & 20 "For you shall listen to the
voice of Jehovah your God, to keep His commandments and
His statutes, which are written in the book of this law. For
you shall turn back toward Jehovah your God with all your
heart and with all your soul."
Joshua 5:6 "For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the
wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war had come
out of Egypt, who did not listen to the voice of Jehovah,
to whom Jehovah had sworn to them not to show them
the land..."
Judges 2:20 "And the anger of Jehovah glowed against Israel.
And He said, Because this nation has transgressed My
covenant which I commanded their father and has not
listened to My voice."
I Samuel 12:15 "But if you will not listen to the voice of
Jehovah, and you rebel against the mouth of Jehovah,
then the hand of Jehovah shall be against you and
your fathers."
II Samuel 22:14 "Jehovah thundered from the heavens,
and the most high gave forth His voice."
I Kings 8:15 + II Chronicles 6:4,15 "And he said, Blessed
be Jehovah, God of Israel, who spoke by His mouth with
my father David, and by His hand fulfilled it, saying."
I Kings 8:24 "who have kept for Your servant David, my
father, that which you spoke to us him; yea, You spoke with
Your mouth, and with Your hand have fulfilled it as it
is today."
Psalm 33:6 "Through Jehovah's words the heavens were made;
and all the host by the breath of His mouth."
Psalm 138:4 "All the kings of the earth shall thank You, O
Jehovah; because they have heard the words of Your mouth."
Jeremiah 32:23 "And they came in and possessed it, but they
did not obey Your voice, nor did they walk in Your law.
They have not done all that You have commanded ..."
Ezekiel 10:5 "And the sound of the wings of cherubs was
heard out of the outer court, as the voice of God almighty
when He speaks."
Ezekiel 43:2 "...the glory of the God of Israel came from the
way of the east. And His voice was like the voice of many
waters and the earth shown from His glory."
Hosea 12:4,5 "Yes, he wept and pleaded with Him, and he
contended with the Angel and overcame. He found us in
Bethel and He spoke with us, even Jehovah the God of
host. Jehovah is his memorial."