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Exodus 4

Moses Given Powers

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Then Moses said, "What if they will not believe me or  alisten  1to what I say? For they may say, ` bThe LORD has not appeared to you.' "

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The LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, " aA staff."

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Then He said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and  ait became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.

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But the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand and grasp it by its tail"--so he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his  1hand--

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"that  athey may believe that  bthe LORD, 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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The LORD furthermore said to him, "Now put your hand into your bosom." So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was  aleprous like snow.

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Then He said, "Put your hand into your bosom again." So he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, behold,  ait was restored like the rest of his flesh.

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"If they will not believe you or  1heed the  2witness of the first sign, they may believe the  2witness of the last sign.

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"But if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile  awill become blood on the dry ground."

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Then Moses said to the LORD, "Please, Lord,  aI have never been  1eloquent, neither  2recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am  3slow of speech and  3slow of tongue."

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The LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or  awho makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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"Now then go, and  aI, even I, will be with your mouth, and  bteach you what you are to say."

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But he said, "Please, Lord, now  1send the message by whomever You will."

Aaron to Be Moses' Mouthpiece

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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, "Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that  1he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold,  ahe is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

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"You are to speak to him and  aput the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.

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"Moreover,  ahe shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him.

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"You shall take in your hand  athis staff,  bwith which you shall perform the signs."

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Then Moses departed and returned to  1Jethro  ahis father-in-law and said to him, "Please, let me go, that I may return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see if they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

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Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go  1back to Egypt, for  aall the men who were seeking your life are dead."

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So Moses took his wife and his  asons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the  bstaff of God in his hand.

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The LORD said to Moses, "When you go  1back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all  athe wonders which I have put in your  2power; but  bI will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

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"Then you shall say to Pharaoh, `Thus says the LORD, " aIsrael is My son, My firstborn.

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"So I said to you, ` aLet My son go that he may serve Me'; but you have refused to let him go. Behold,  bI will kill your son, your firstborn.""'

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Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and  asought to put him to death.

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Then Zipporah took  aa flint and cut off her son's foreskin and  1threw it at Moses' feet, and she said, "You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me."

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So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood"-- 1because of the circumcision.

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 aNow the LORD said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses in the wilderness." So he went and met him at the  bmountain of God and kissed him.

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 aMoses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which He had sent him, and  ball the signs that He had commanded him to do.

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Then Moses and Aaron went and  aassembled all the elders of the sons of Israel;

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and  aAaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. He then performed the  bsigns in the sight of the people.

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So  athe people believed; and when they heard that the LORD  1 bwas concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then  cthey bowed low and worshiped.



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