Exodus Chapter 4
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. |
4:2 | And the LORD said unto him, What [is] that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. |
4:3 | 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. |
4:4 | 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: |
4:5 | 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. |
4:6 | 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. |
4:7 | 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. |
4:8 | And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first ![]() ![]() |
4:9 | And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:10 | 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. |
4:11 | And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man' mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? |
4:12 | Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. |
4:13 | And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou wilt send. |
4:14 | 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. |
4:15 | 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 ![]() |
4:16 | 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. |
4:17 | And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt ![]() ![]() |
4:18 | 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 ![]() |
4:19 | And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. |
4:20 | 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. |
4:21 | And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, ![]() ![]() |
4:22 | And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, ![]() |
4:23 | 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. |
4:24 | And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. |
4:25 | Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:26 | So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou ![]() |
4:27 | 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. |
4:28 | And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the ![]() |
4:29 | And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of ![]() |
4:30 | And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the ![]() |
4:31 | And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of ![]() |