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 , The LORD has not appeared unto you . * And the LORD said unto him , What is that in yours hand ? And he said , A rod . * 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 the LORD said unto Moses , Put forth yours hand , and take it by the tail . And he put forth his hand , and caught it , and it became a rod in his hand : * 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 unto you . * And the LORD said furthermore unto him , Put now yours hand into your bosom . And he put his hand into his bosom : and when he took it out , behold , his hand was leprous as snow . * And he said , Put yours hand into your 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 . * 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 . * And it shall come to pass , if they will not believe also these two signs , neither hearken unto 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 . * And Moses said unto the LORD , O my LORD , I am not eloquent , neither in time past , nor since you have spoken unto your servant : but I am slow of speech , and of a slow tongue . * And the LORD said unto 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 ? * Now therefore go , and I will be with your mouth , and teach you what you shall say . * And he said , O my LORD , send , I pray you , by the hand of him whom you will send . * And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses , and he said , Is not Aaron the Levite your brother ? 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 . * And you shall speak unto him , and put words in his mouth : and I will be with your mouth , and with his mouth , and will teach you what all of you shall do . * And he shall be your spokesman unto the people : and he shall be , even he shall be to you instead of a mouth , and you shall be to him instead of God . * And you shall take this rod in yours hand , wherewith you shall do signs . * And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law , and said unto him , Let me go , I pray you , and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt , and see whether they be yet alive . And Jethro said to Moses , Go in peace . * And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian , Go , return into Egypt : for all the men are dead which sought your life . * 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 unto Moses , When you go to return into Egypt , see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh , which I have put in yours hand : but I will harden his heart , that he shall not let the people go . * And you shall say unto Pharaoh , Thus says the LORD , Israel is my son , even my firstborn : * And I say unto you , Let my son go , that he may serve me : and if you refuse to let him go , behold , I will slay your son , even your firstborn . * And it came to pass by the way in the inn , that the LORD met him , and sought to kill him . * 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 are you to me . * So he let him go : then she said , A bloody husband you are , 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 children of Israel : * And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken unto 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 children of Israel , and that he had looked upon their affliction , then they bowed their heads and worshipped .

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