| Chapter 4 |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 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 man's 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
