Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 answereth
and
saith
, `And,
if they do not give
credence
to
me ,
nor
hearken
to my voice ,
and
say, Jehovah
hath
not appeared unto
thee?'
And the
LORD
asked
him, “
What is that
in your
hand? ”
“A
staff,”
he replied.
And Jehovah
saith
unto
him, `
What `
is '
this
in thy
hand? '
and
he saith,
`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
saith
, `Cast
it
to
the earth;'
and
he
casteth
it to
the earth
, and it becometh
a serpent
--
and Moses
fleeth
from its
presence
.
“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
Jehovah
saith
unto
Moses,
`Put
forth
thy
hand ,
and lay
hold
on
the tail of
it;'
and
he
putteth
forth
his hand ,
and layeth
hold
on
it
, and it becometh
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
. ”
`--
so that they believe that Jehovah
, God of their fathers ,
hath
appeared
unto
thee,
God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. '
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
Jehovah
saith
to him
again
, `
Put in,
I
pray
thee,
thy
hand into
thy
bosom;'
and
he putteth
in
his hand into
his bosom
, and he bringeth
it out, and
lo,
his hand `is'
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
saith,
`
Put back
thy
hand unto
thy
bosom;'
and
he
putteth
back his hand unto
his bosom
, and he bringeth
it out from
his
bosom
, and
lo
, it
hath
turned
back
as
his 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
hath
come
to
pass
, if they do
not
give
credence
to thee,
and
hearken
not
to
the voice
of the first sign, that they
have
given
credence
to
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
hath
come
to
pass,
if they do not give
credence
even to
these two signs ,
nor
hearken
to thy
voice, that
thou
hast
taken
of
the waters
of
the
River,
and hast
poured
on the dry land,
and
the waters
which
thou
takest
from the River
have
been,
yea,
they
have
become --
blood on 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
saith
unto
Jehovah
, `O
, my
Lord
, I `am'
not
a
man
of
words
, either
yesterday,
or
before,
or
since Thy
speaking
unto
Thy
servant, for I `
am '
slow of mouth,
and slow
of
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 Jehovah
saith
unto
him, `
Who appointed
a
mouth for
man
? or who appointeth
the dumb,
or deaf, or open,
or
blind? is it not I, Jehovah
?
Now go !
I
will
help
you
as
you
speak
, and I will
teach
you
what
to
say.”
and
now ,
go, and I --
I
am
with
thy
mouth,
and
have
directed
thee
that
which
thou
speakest;'
But
Moses
replied
, “Please
, Lord, send someone
else
. ”
and
he
saith
, `O
, my
Lord, send ,
I
pray
thee,
by
the
hand
Thou
dost
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 Jehovah
burneth
against Moses, and He saith
, `
Is not Aaron the Levite thy
brother? I have
known
that he speaketh
well, and also,
lo,
he is coming
out
to meet thee;
when he hath
seen
thee
, then
he hath
rejoiced
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
hast
spoken
unto
him ,
and hast
set
the words in his mouth, and I --
I
am
with
thy
mouth,
and
with
his
mouth,
and
have
directed
you that
which
ye
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 ,
he
hath
spoken
for
thee
unto
the people, and it hath
come
to pass,
he
--
he
is
to
thee
for
a
mouth,
and
thou
--
thou
art
to
him for
God;
But
take
this staff
in your
hand so
you
can
perform
signs
with it
. ”
and
this rod
thou
dost
take
in thy
hand ,
with which
thou
doest
the
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 goeth
and
turneth
back unto
Jethro
his father-in-law ,
and saith
to him, `
Let me go,
I
pray
thee,
and
I
turn
back
unto
my brethren
who
`are'
in Egypt ,
and
I
see whether
they are yet
alive. '
And
Jethro
saith
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
Jehovah
saith
unto
Moses in Midian, `
Go ,
turn
back to Egypt, for all the men have
died
who seek
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 taketh
his wife ,
and his
sons, and
causeth
them to
ride
on the
ass
, and turneth
back to the
land
of
Egypt ,
and Moses
taketh
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
Jehovah
saith
unto
Moses, `In
thy
going
to
turn
back to Egypt, see --
all the wonders which
I have put in
thy
hand
--
that
thou
hast
done
them
before
Pharaoh,
and
I --
I
strengthen
his heart ,
and
he doth
not send
the people away;
Then
tell
Pharaoh that
this
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘Israel
is
My firstborn
son,
and
thou
hast
said
unto
Pharaoh ,
Thus
said
Jehovah,
My son, My
first-born
`is'
Israel,
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,
Send
away
My son ,
and
he doth
serve
Me ;
and
--
thou
dost
refuse
to send
him away
--
lo
, I am
slaying
thy
son ,
thy
first-born.'
Now
at
a lodging place along
the
way
, the
LORD
met
Moses
and was
about
to kill
him .
And
it
cometh
to
pass
in
the
way,
in
a lodging place, that
Jehovah
meeteth
him,
and seeketh
to put
him to
death;
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.
and
Zipporah taketh
a flint, and
cutteth
off the
foreskin of
her
son
, and causeth
`
it '
to touch
his
feet ,
and
saith,
`
Surely a bridegroom of blood `art'
thou
to me ;'
So
the
LORD
let
him alone.
(When
she said, “
bridegroom of blood, ”
she
was
referring
to the circumcision. )
and
He
desisteth
from
him :
then
she said, `A
bridegroom of blood, '
in
reference
to 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
Jehovah
saith
unto
Aaron, `
Go to
meet Moses into
the wilderness ;'
and
he goeth,
and meeteth
him
in
the mount
of God ,
and kisseth
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 declareth
to
Aaron all
the words
of
Jehovah
with
which
He
hath
sent him, and all the signs with
which
He hath
charged
him.
Then
Moses
and Aaron went
and assembled
all the elders of the Israelites
,
And Moses
goeth
--
Aaron also
--
and they
gather
all the elders of the sons
of
Israel
,
and Aaron relayed
everything
the LORD
had
said
to
Moses .
And Moses
performed
the signs before the people ,
and Aaron speaketh
all
the words
which
Jehovah
hath
spoken
unto
Moses ,
and doth
the signs before the eyes
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
believe
when they hear
that Jehovah
hath
looked
after
the sons
of
Israel,
and that
He
hath
seen their affliction ;
and
they bow
and do
obeisance
.
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