Exodus 4
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1 And Moses answered
and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my
voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And the LORD said unto him, What is
that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
3 And he said, Cast it on the
ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses
fled from before it.
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put
forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and
caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5 That they may believe that the
LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
6 And the LORD said furthermore unto
him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his
bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as
snow.
7 And he said, Put thine hand into
thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it
out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other
flesh.
8 And it shall come to pass, if they
will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign,
that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 And it shall come to pass, if they
will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice,
that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon
the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river
shall become blood upon the dry land.
10 And Moses said unto
the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor
since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech,
and of a slow tongue.
11 And the LORD said unto him, Who
hath made mans mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing,
or the blind? have not I the LORD?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be
with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I
pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
14 And the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy
brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth
to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou shalt speak unto him,
and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his
mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman
unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead
of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
17 And thou shalt take this rod in
thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
18 And Moses went and
returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray
thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see
whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 And the LORD said unto Moses in
Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy
life.
20 And Moses took his wife and his
sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and
Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses,
When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders
before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his
heart, that he shall not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh,
Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son
go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will
slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
24 And it came
to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill
him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone,
and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and
said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
26 So he let him go: then she said,
A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go
into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount
of God, and kissed him.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the
words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had
commanded him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and
gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
30 And Aaron spake all the words
which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of
the people.
31 And the people
believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of
Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed
their heads and worshipped.
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