| Chapter 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 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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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. |
