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The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Exodus 04
1 Moses answered, “But, behold, they
will not believe me, nor listen to my voice;
for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’ ”
2 Yahweh said to him, “What is that in
your hand?”
He said, “A rod.”
3 He said, “Throw it on the ground.”
He threw it on the ground, and it became
a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
4 Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out
your hand, and take it by the tail.”
He stretched out his hand, and took hold
of it, and it became a rod in his hand.
5 “This is so that they may believe that
Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6 Yahweh said furthermore to him, “Now
put your hand inside your cloak.”
He put his hand inside his cloak, and
when he took it out, behold, his hand was
leprous, as white as snow.
7 He said, “Put your hand inside your
cloak again.”
He put his hand inside his cloak again,
and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it
had turned again as his other flesh.
8 “It will happen, if they will not believe
you or listen to the voice of the first sign,
that they will believe the voice of the latter
sign.
9 It will happen, if they will not believe
eventhese two signs or listento your voice,
that you shall take of the water of the river,
and pour it on the dry land. The water
whichyoutake out ofthe river willbecome
blood on the dry land.”
10 Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord,† I
am not eloquent, neither before now, nor
since you have spoken to your servant; for
I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
11 Yahwehsaidtohim, “Whomademan’s
mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf,
or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with
your mouth, and teach you what you shall
speak.”
13 Moses said, “Oh, Lord, please send
someone else.”
14 Yahweh’s anger burned against
Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron,
your brother, the Levite? I know that he
can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming
out to meet you. When he sees you, he will
be glad in his heart.
15 You shall speak to him, and put the
words in his mouth. I will be with your
mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach
you what you shall do.
16 He will be your spokesman to the people. It will happen that he will be to you a
mouth, and you will be to him as God.
17 You shall take this rod in your hand,
with which you shall do the signs.”
18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his
father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let
me go and return to my brothers who are
in Egypt, and see whether they are still
alive.”
Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go,
return into Egypt; for all the men who
sought your life are dead.”
20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and
set them on a donkey, and he returned to
the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in
his hand.
21 Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go
back into Egypt, see that you do before
Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put
in your hand, but I will harden his heart
and he will not let the people go.
22 You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says,
Israel is my son, my firstborn,
23 and I have said to you, “Let my son
go, that he may serve me;” and you have
refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill
your firstborn son.’ ”
24 On the way at a lodging place, Yahweh
met Moses and wanted to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut
off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at
his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a
bridegroom of blood to me.”
26 So he let him alone. Then she said,
“You are a bridegroom of blood,” because
of the circumcision.
27 Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the
wilderness to meet Moses.”
He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.
28 Moses told Aaron all Yahweh’s words
with which he had sent him, and all the
signs with which he had instructed him.
29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered
together all the elders of the children of
Israel.
30 Aaron spoke all the words which YahwehhadspokentoMoses, anddidthe signs
in the sight of the people.
31 The people believed, and when they
heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their
affliction,thenthey bowed theirheads and
worshiped.
4:10 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.
Word English Bible
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