Exodus:4

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* And Moses answered and said , But , behold , they will not believe me nor listen to my voice . For they will say , The LORD has not appeared to you . * And the LORD said to him , What [is ] this in your hand ? And he said , A staff . * And He said , Throw it on the ground . And he threw it on the ground . And it became a serpent . And Moses ran from it . * And the LORD said to Moses , Put forth your hand and take it by the tail . And he put forth his hand and caught it , and it became a staff in his hand , -- * so that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers , the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob , has appeared to you . * And the LORD said to him again , Now put your hand in your bosom . And he put his hand into his bosom . And when he took it out , behold , his hand [was ] as leprous as snow . * And He said , Put your hand into your bosom again . And he put his hand into his bosom again . And he brought it out of his bosom , and behold , it was turned again like his [other ] flesh . * And it will be , if they will not believe you , neither listen to the voice of the first sign , then they will believe the voice of the latter sign . * And also it will be , if they will not believe these two signs , neither listen to your voice , then you shall take from 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 on the dry land . * And Moses said to the LORD , O my Lord , I [am ] not a man of words now , nor since You have spoken to Your servant , but I [am ] slow of speech and of a slow tongue . * And the LORD said to him , Who has made man 's mouth ? Or who makes the dumb , or deaf , or the seeing , or the blind ? Have not I , the LORD ? * And now go , and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say . * And he said , O my Lord , I pray You , send by the hand [of him whom ] You will send . * And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses . And He said , Do I not know Aaron the Levite , your brother 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 . * And you shall speak to him , and you shall put words in his mouth . And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth , and will teach you what you shall do . * And it will be , he shall speak for you to the people , and he shall be for a mouth to you . And you shall be to him a god . * And you shall take this rod in your hand , [with ] which you shall do signs . * And 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 if they [are ] still alive . And Jethro said to Moses , Go in peace . * And the LORD said to Moses in Midian , Go ! Return to Egypt , for all the men who sought your life are dead . * 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 . * And the LORD said to Moses , When you go to return into Egypt , see that you do all those wonders which I have put in your hand before Pharaoh ; but I will harden his heart , that he shall not let the people go . * And you shall say to Pharaoh , Thus says the Lord : Israel [is ] My son , My first-born . * And I say to you , Let My son go , that he may serve Me . And if you refuse to let him go , behold , I [am ] going to kill your son , your first-born . * And it happened by the way , in the inn , that the LORD met him and sought to kill him . * And Zipporah took a sharp stone , and cut off the foreskin of her son , and threw [it ] at his feet , and said , Surely a bloody husband you [are ] to me . * So He let him go . Then she said , [You are ] a bloody husband , because of the circumcision . * 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 . * And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him , and all the signs which He had commanded him . * And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel . * And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses , and did the signs in the sight of the people . * And the people believed . And when they heard that the LORD had visited the sons of Israel , and that He had looked upon their affliction , then they bowed and worshiped .

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