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Exodus 6

God Promises Action

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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for  1 aunder compulsion he will let them go, and  1under compulsion he will drive them out of his land."

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God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am  athe LORD;

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and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as  1 aGod Almighty, but by  bMy name,  2LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.

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"I also established  aMy covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the  1land in which they sojourned.

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"Furthermore I have  aheard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.

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"Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ` aI am the LORD, and  bI will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also  credeem you with  dan outstretched arm and with great judgments.

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`Then I will take you  1 afor My people, and  bI will be  2your God; and  cyou shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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`I will bring you to the land which  aI  1swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and  bI will give it to you for a possession;  cI am the LORD.' "

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So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on  aaccount of their  1despondency and cruel bondage.

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Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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aGo,  1tell Pharaoh king of Egypt  2to let the sons of Israel go out of his land."

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But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me;  ahow then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am  1 bunskilled in speech?"

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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Heads of Israel

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These are the heads of their fathers' households.  aThe sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

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The  asons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

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These are the names of  athe sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the  1length of Levi's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.

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 aThe sons of Gershon:  1Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

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 aThe sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the  1length of Kohath's life was one hundred and thirty-three years.

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 aThe sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

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 aAmram  1married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the  2length of Amram's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.

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 aThe sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.

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 aThe sons of Uzziel: Mishael and  1Elzaphan and Sithri.

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Aaron  1married Elisheba, the daughter of  aAmminadab, the sister of  bNahshon, and she bore him  cNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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The  asons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and  1Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

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Aaron's son  aEleazar  1married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him  bPhinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites according to their families.

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It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, " aBring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their  bhosts."

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They were the ones  awho spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt  1about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

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Now it came about on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

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that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, " aI am the LORD;  bspeak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."

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But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am  1 aunskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"



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