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1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice, because they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to you.
2 And Jehovah said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. 3 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. 4 And Jehovah 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), 5 that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.
6 And Jehovah 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 snow. 7 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.
8 And it will happen, if they will not believe you, nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, nor listen to your voice, that you will take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land. And the water which you take out of the river will become blood upon the dry land.
10 And Moses said to Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not a man of words, neither yesterday nor in any time past, nor since you have spoken to your servant, because I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. 11 And Jehovah 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, Jehovah? 12 Now therefore go and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you will speak.
13 And he said, Oh, Lord, I beseech you, send by the hand of him whom you will send.
14 And the anger of Jehovah 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. 15 And you will 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* will do, 16 and he will be your spokesman to the people. And it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth and you will be to him as God. 17 And you will take this rod in your hand, with which you will do the signs.
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, Let me go, I beseech you and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt, because all the men are dead who sought your life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and set them upon a donkey and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And Jehovah 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 And you will say to Pharaoh, Jehovah says thus, 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 son, your firstborn.
24 And it happened on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him and sought 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 a bridegroom of blood you are to me. 26 So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood you are, because of the circumcision.
27 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. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah with which he had sent him and all the signs with which he had ordered him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which Jehovah had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the sons of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
2 And Jehovah said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. 3 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. 4 And Jehovah 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), 5 that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.
6 And Jehovah 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 snow. 7 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.
8 And it will happen, if they will not believe you, nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, nor listen to your voice, that you will take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land. And the water which you take out of the river will become blood upon the dry land.
10 And Moses said to Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not a man of words, neither yesterday nor in any time past, nor since you have spoken to your servant, because I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. 11 And Jehovah 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, Jehovah? 12 Now therefore go and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you will speak.
13 And he said, Oh, Lord, I beseech you, send by the hand of him whom you will send.
14 And the anger of Jehovah 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. 15 And you will 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* will do, 16 and he will be your spokesman to the people. And it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth and you will be to him as God. 17 And you will take this rod in your hand, with which you will do the signs.
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, Let me go, I beseech you and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt, because all the men are dead who sought your life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and set them upon a donkey and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And Jehovah 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 And you will say to Pharaoh, Jehovah says thus, 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 son, your firstborn.
24 And it happened on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him and sought 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 a bridegroom of blood you are to me. 26 So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood you are, because of the circumcision.
27 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. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah with which he had sent him and all the signs with which he had ordered him.
29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the sons of Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which Jehovah had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed. And when they heard that Jehovah had visited the sons of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.