Exod.4
[1] And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for
they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
[2] And the LORD said unto him, What is that in
thine 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 the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth
thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his
hand:
[5] That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
[6] And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put
now thine hand into thy 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 thine hand into thy 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.
[8] And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first
sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
[9] And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe
also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and
pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the
dry land.
[10] And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor
since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
[11] And the
LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing,
or the blind? have not I the LORD?
[12] Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee
what thou shalt say.
[13] And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt
send.
[14] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite
thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when
he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
[15] And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and
I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
[16] And he shall be
thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou
shalt be to him instead of God.
[17] And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
signs.
[18] And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray
thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro
said to Moses, Go in peace.
[19] And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for
all the men are dead which sought thy life.
[20] 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.
[21] And
the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders
before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people
go.
[22] And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
[23]
And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I
will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
[24] And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met
him, and sought to kill him.
[25] 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 art thou to me.
[26] So he let him go: then she
said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
[27] 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.
[28]
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had
commanded him.
[29] And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of
Israel:
[30] And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in
the sight of the people.
[31] 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.
Exod.5
[1] And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let
my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
[2] And Pharaoh said, Who is the
LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
[3]
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey
into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the