Exodus Chapter 4

Exodus Chapter 4
1 Then Moses answered, and said, But
lo, 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 answered, A
rod.
3 Then said he, Cast it on the ground. So
he cast it on the ground, and it was
turned into a serpent: and Moses fled
from it.
4 Again the Lord said unto Moses, Put
forth thine hand, and take it by the tail.
Then he put forth his hand and caught it,
and it was turned into a rod in his hand.
5 Do this 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,
Thrust now thine hand into thy bosom.
And he thrust his hand into his bosom,
and when he took it out again, behold,
his hand was leprous as snow.
7 Moreover he said, Put thine hand into
thy bosom again. So 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 So shall it be, if they will not believe
thee, neither obey the voice of the first
sign, yet shall they believe for the voice
of the second sign.
9 But if they will not yet believe these
two signs, neither obey unto thy voice,
then shalt thou take of the water of the
river, and pour it upon the dry land: so
the water which thou shalt take out of the
river, shall be turned to blood upon the
dry land.
10 But Moses said unto the Lord, Oh my
Lord, I am not eloquent, neither at any
time have been, nor yet since thou hast
spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of
speech and slow of tongue.
11 Then the Lord said unto him, Who
hath given the mouth to man? Or who
hath made the dumb, or the deaf, or him
that seeth, or the blind? Have not I the
Lord?
12 Therefore go now, and I will be with
thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou
shalt say.
13 But he said, Oh my Lord, send, I pray
thee, by the hand of him, whom thou
shouldest send.
14 Then the Lord was very angry with
Moses, and said, Do not I know Aaron
thy brother the Levite, that he himself
shall speak? For lo, he cometh also forth
to meet thee, and when he seeth thee, he
will be glad in his heart. 15 Therefore
thou shalt speak unto him, and put these
words in his mouth, and I will be with
thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will
teach you what ye ought to do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto
the people: he shall be, even he shall be
as thy mouth, and thou shalt be to him as
God.
17 Moreover thou shalt take this rod in
thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
miracles.
18 Therefore Moses went and returned
to Jethro his father in law, and said unto
him, I pray thee, let me go, and return to
my brethren, which are in Egypt, and see
whether they be yet alive. Then Jethro
said to Moses, Go in peace.
19 (For the Lord had said unto Moses in
Midian, Go, return to Egypt: for they are
all dead which went about to kill thee)
20 Then Moses took his wife, and his
sons, and put them on an ass, and
returned toward the land of Egypt, and
Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21 And the Lord said unto Moses, When
thou art entered and come into Egypt
again, see that thou do all the wonders
before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine
hand: but I will harden his heart, and he
shall not let the people go. 22 Then thou
shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord,
Israel is my son, even my firstborn.
23 Wherefore I say to thee, Let my son
go, that he may serve me: if thou refuse
to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son,
even thy firstborn. 24 And as he was by
the way in the inn, the Lord met him, and
would have killed him.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp knife,
and cut away the foreskin of her son, and
cast it at his feet, and said, Thou art
indeed a bloody husband unto me. 26 So
he departed from him. Then she said, O
bloody husband (because of the
circumcision)
27 Then the Lord said unto Aaron, Go
meet Moses in the wilderness. And he
went and met him in the Mount of God,
and kissed him.
28 Then Moses told Aaron all the words
of the Lord, who had sent him, and all
the signs wherewith he had charged him.
29 So went Moses and Aaron, and
gathered all the elders of the children of
Israel.
30 And Aaron told all the words, which
the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and he
did the miracles 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 had looked upon
their tribulation, they bowed down, and
worshiped.