'Saying' in the Bible

Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

For the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying,

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them:

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Thus the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the Lord.

The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying,

Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat that we may eat!’

Say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, “Oh that someone would give us meat to eat! For we were well-off in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat and you shall eat.

but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’”

Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, heal her, I pray!”

Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying,

So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.

and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the ridge of the hill country, saying, “Here we are; we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised.”

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

The Lord also spoke to Moses, saying,

and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’”

and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin.”

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You are the ones who have caused the death of the Lord’s people.”

and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying!

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

“This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed.

The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!

and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then it came about after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

They stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Further, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter.

Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word which the Lord has commanded.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

So the Lord’s anger burned in that day, and He swore, saying,

The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the land that you are to apportion by lot among you as a possession, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying,

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements.

This is what the Lord has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’