Exodus:4

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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 , Jehovah has not appeared to thee . * And Jehovah said to him , What is that in thy hand ? And he said , A staff . * 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 . * And Jehovah said to Moses , Stretch out thy hand and take it by the tail -- and he stretched out his hand and caught it , and it became a staff in his hand -- * that they may believe that Jehovah , the God of their fathers , the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob , hath appeared unto thee . * And Jehovah said moreover to him , Put now thy hand into thy bosom . And he put his hand into his bosom , and took it out , and behold , his hand was leprous , as snow . * And he said , Put thy hand into thy bosom again . And he put his hand into his bosom again , and took it out of his bosom , and behold , it was turned again as his flesh . * 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 other sign . * And it shall come to pass , if they will not believe also those two signs , neither hearken unto thy voice , that thou shalt take of the water of the river , and pour [it ] on the dry [land ]; and the water that thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry [land ]. * And Moses said to Jehovah , Ah Lord ! I am not eloquent , neither heretofore nor since thou hast spoken to thy servant , for I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue . * And Jehovah said to him , Who gave man a mouth ? or who maketh dumb , or deaf , or seeing , or blind ? [have ] not I , Jehovah ? * And now go , and I will be with thy mouth , and will teach thee what thou shalt say . * And he said , Ah Lord ! send , I pray thee , by the hand [of him whom ] thou wilt send . * Then the anger of Jehovah 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 goeth out to meet thee ; and when he seeth thee he will be glad in his heart . * And thou shalt speak unto him , and put the words in his mouth ; and I will be with thy mouth , and with his mouth , and will teach you what ye shall do . * And he shall speak for thee unto the people ; and it shall come to pass that he shall be to thee for a mouth , and thou shalt be to him for God . * And thou shalt take this staff in thy hand , with which thou shalt do the signs . * And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law , and said to him , Let me go , I pray thee , and return to my brethren who are in Egypt , that I may see whether they are yet alive . And Jethro said to Moses , Go in peace . * And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian , Go , return to Egypt ; for all the men are dead who sought thy life . * And Moses took his wife and his sons , and set them riding upon an ass , and he returned to the land of Egypt . And Moses took the staff of God in his hand . * And Jehovah said to Moses , When thou goest to return to Egypt , see that thou do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put in thy hand . And I will harden his heart , that he shall not let the people go . * And thou shalt say to Pharaoh , Thus saith Jehovah : Israel is my son , my firstborn . * And I say to thee , Let my son go , that he may serve me . And if thou refuse to let him go , behold , I will kill thy son , thy firstborn . * And it came to pass on the way , in the inn , that Jehovah came upon him , and sought to slay him . * Then Zipporah took a stone and cut off the foreskin of her son , and cast it at his feet , and said , A bloody husband indeed art thou to me ! * And he let him go . Then she said , A bloody husband -- because of the circumcision . * And Jehovah said to Aaron , Go into the wilderness to meet Moses . And he went , and met him on the mountain of God , and kissed him . * And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah who had sent him , and all the signs that he had commanded him . * And Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the children of Israel ; * and Aaron spoke all the words that Jehovah had spoken to Moses , and did the signs before the eyes of the people . * And the people believed . And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel , and that he had seen their affliction , then they bowed their heads and worshipped .

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