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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.
02 And the Lord said unto him, What is that
in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
03 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.
04 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:
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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.
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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