Exod 4
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And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to
my voice; for they will say, YHWH has not appeared to you.
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And YHWH said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
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And 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.
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And YHWH said to 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:)
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That they may believe that YHWH, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.
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And YHWH said furthermore to 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.
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And 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.)
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither hearken to the voice
of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither
hearken to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it
upon the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood
upon the dry land.
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And Moses said to YHWH, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since
you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
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And YHWH said to him, Who has made man`s mouth? Or who makes [a man] dumb, or deaf,
or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, YHWH?
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Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.
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And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send.
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And 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 comes forth
to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
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And you shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with your
mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
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And he shall be your spokesman to the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall
be to you a mouth, and you shall be to him as God.
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And you shall take in your hand this rod, wherewith you shall do the signs.
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And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go,
I pray you, and return to my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet
alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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And YHWH said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead
that sought your life.
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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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And YHWH 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.
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And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says YHWH, Israel is my son, my first-born:
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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 slay your son, your first-born.
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And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that YHWH met him, and sought
to kill him.
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Then 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.
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So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood [are you], because of the
circumcision.
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And 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.
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And Moses told Aaron all the words of YHWH wherewith he had sent him, and all the
signs wherewith he had charged him.
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And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
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and Aaron spoke all the words which YHWH had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in
the sight of the people.
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And 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 worshiped.