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Berean Standard Bible
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Then
Moses answered, “What
if
they do
not believe me or
listen
to
my voice ?
For they may
say, ‘
The LORD has
not appeared to
you
. ’”
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
.
And the LORD asked
him, “
What is that in your
hand? ”
“A
staff,”
he replied
.
And the LORD said
unto
him, What is that in thine
hand? And
he said,
A
rod
.
“Throw
it on the ground ,”
said
the
LORD
. So
Moses
threw
it on the ground, and it became a snake,
and he
ran
from it.
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.
“Stretch
out
your
hand
and grab
it
by
the tail,”
the
LORD said to
Moses, who
reached
out
his hand and caught the
snake
, and it turned
back
into
a staff
in his hand .
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 :
“This
is
so
that they may believe that the LORD ,
the
God of their fathers —
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob —has
appeared to
you
. ”
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
.
Furthermore,
the LORD said to
Moses
, “
Put your
hand inside
your
cloak
. ”
So
he put his hand inside
his cloak,
and when he took it out, his hand was leprous ,
white
as snow.
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.
“
Put your
hand back
inside
your
cloak,”
said
the
LORD
. So
Moses
put his hand back
inside
his cloak,
and when
he
took
it out, it was restored,
like
the
rest
of
his skin
.
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
.
And the
LORD
said
, “
If they refuse
to
believe you
or
heed
the witness
of the first sign, they may
believe that
of the second
.
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
.
But
if they do
not believe even
these two signs or
listen
to
your
voice, take some
water from
the Nile
and pour it on
the dry ground.
Then
the water you
take
from
the Nile
will
become blood on
the ground
. ”
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
.
“Please,
Lord, ”
Moses
replied
, “
I have
never
been
eloquent, neither in
the
past
nor since You
have
spoken to
Your
servant ,
for
I am slow of speech and tongue. ”
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.
And the LORD said to
him, “
Who gave
man
his
mouth? Or who makes
the mute
or the
deaf, the sighted
or the blind? Is
it
not I ,
the LORD?
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?
Now go !
I
will
help
you
as
you
speak
, and I will teach you
what to
say. ”
Now therefore
go, and I will be
with
thy
mouth,
and
teach thee
what thou
shalt
say.
But
Moses
replied,
“Please
, Lord, send someone
else
. ”
And
he
said
, O
my
LORD, send ,
I
pray
thee,
by
the
hand
of
him
whom
thou
wilt
send
.
Then
the anger of the LORD burned
against Moses, and He said, “
Is not Aaron the Levite your
brother? I know that he can speak well ,
and he is
now
on
his
way
to meet you.
When he sees
you
, he will be glad in his heart.
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.
You
are
to
speak to
him and put the
words in his mouth .
I will help
both
of
you
to
speak
, and I
will teach you what to
do.
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.
He will
speak
to
the people for
you.
He will
be your
spokesman
, and it
will
be as
if
you
were
God
to him.
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
.
But
take this staff
in your
hand so
you
can
perform
signs with
it
. ”
And
thou
shalt
take this rod
in thine
hand ,
wherewith
thou
shalt
do
signs.
Then
Moses went back
to his father -
in -
law Jethro
and said to
him, “Please
let me return to
my brothers
in Egypt to
see if
they are
still
alive. ”
“
Go in peace ,”
Jethro
replied
.
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.
Now
the LORD had
said to
Moses in Midian, “
Go back
to
Egypt
, for all the men who
sought
to
kill
you
are dead. ”
And
the LORD said unto
Moses in Midian, Go, return
into
Egypt:
for all the men are dead which
sought
thy
life
.
So
Moses took his wife and sons, put
them on
a
donkey
, and headed
back
to Egypt .
And he
took the staff
of God in his hand.
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.
The LORD instructed
Moses, “
When you
go
back
to Egypt, see that you
perform
before
Pharaoh
all the
wonders that
I have put within
your
power.
But I will harden his heart so
that he will
not let the people go.
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.
Then
tell
Pharaoh that
this
is
what
the LORD says:
‘
Israel is My firstborn
son,
And
thou
shalt
say
unto
Pharaoh ,
Thus
saith
the LORD ,
Israel is my son, even
my
firstborn:
and I told
you
to
let My son go so
that he may worship
Me .
But
since
you
have
refused
to let him go, behold, I will kill
your
firstborn
son !’”
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.
Now
at
a
lodging
place
along
the way, the LORD met Moses
and was
about
to kill him.
And
it
came
to
pass
by
the way in
the
inn
, that
the LORD met him,
and sought
to kill him.
But
Zipporah took a flint
knife
, cut off her
son’s
foreskin, and touched
it to
Moses’
feet .
“
Surely you
are
a bridegroom
of
blood
to me ,”
she
said
.
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.
So the
LORD
let him alone.
(When
she said, “bridegroom
of
blood
, ”
she
was
referring
to
the circumcision. )
So he
let him go:
then
she said, A
bloody
husband
thou
art
, because
of
the circumcision.
Meanwhile,
the LORD had
said to Aaron, “
Go and
meet
Moses
in
the wilderness. ”
So
he went and met Moses
at
the mountain
of God and kissed him.
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 everything
the LORD had sent him to
say
, and all the signs He had commanded him to
perform
.
And Moses told Aaron all
the words
of
the
LORD who
had sent him, and all the signs which
he had commanded him.
Then
Moses and Aaron went and assembled
all the elders of the Israelites,
And
Moses and Aaron went and gathered
together
all the elders of the children
of
Israel:
and Aaron relayed
everything
the LORD had said
to
Moses .
And Moses
performed
the signs before
the people ,
And Aaron spake
all
the words
which
the
LORD had spoken
unto
Moses ,
and did
the signs in
the sight
of
the
people .
and they
believed .
And when they heard that the LORD had attended
to
the Israelites
and had seen
their affliction, they bowed down
and worshiped
.
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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