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Exodus 4

¹And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, YHWH hath not appeared unto thee. ²And YHWH said unto him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. ³And he said, Cast in on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. ⁴And YHWH said unto Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail: (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand:) ⁵That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. ⁶And YHWH said furthermore unto him, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as [white as] snow. ⁷And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his [other] flesh.) ⁸And 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. ⁹And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which you takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. ¹⁰And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since you hast spoken unto your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. ¹¹And YHWH said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah? ¹²Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach thee what you shall speak. ¹³And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. ¹⁴And the anger of YHWH was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron your brother the Levite? 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. ¹⁵And you shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. ¹⁶And he shall be your spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and you shall be to him as God. ¹⁷And you shall take in your hand this rod, wherewith thou shall do the signs. ¹⁸And 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 that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. ¹⁹And YHWH said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought your life. ²⁰And 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. ²¹And YHWH said unto Moses, When you goest back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heare and he will not let the people go. ²²And you shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: ²³and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; and you hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay your son, your first-born. ²⁴And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that YHWH met him, and sought to kill him. ²⁵Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood are you to me. ²⁶So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood [are thou], because of the circumcision. ²⁷And YHWH said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. ²⁸And Moses told Aaron all the words of YHWH wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. ²⁹And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: ³⁰and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. ³¹And the people believed: and when they heard that YHWH had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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