4:16) concerning Aaron, “He shall be thy spokesman to the people; and he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God”; that which here is “spokesman,” is ( Exod. 7:1) interpreted prophet; “See,” saith God, “I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.” In the sense of speaking from man to God, Abraham is called a prophet ( Gen. 20:7), where God in a dream speaketh to Abimelech in this manner, “Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and shall pray for thee”: whereby may be also gathered that the name of prophet may be given, not unproperly, to them that in Christian churches have a calling to say public prayers for the congregation. In the same sense, the prophets that came down from the high place, or hill of God, with a psaltery and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp (1 Sam. 10:5⁠–⁠6, 10), Saul amongst them, are said to prophesy, in that they praised God in that manner publicly. In the like sense is Miriam ( Exod.