Dual Panel1Moses <04872> answered <06030> again, “And if <02005> they do not <03808> believe <0539> me or <03808> pay attention <08085> to me <06963>, but <03588> say <0559>, ‘The Lord <03068> has not <03808> appeared <07200> to <0413> you’?”
2The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> him, “What is that <02088> in your hand <03027>?” He said <0559>, “A staff <04294>.”
3The Lord said <0559>, “Throw <07993> it to the ground <0776>.” So he threw <07993> it to the ground <0776>, and it became <01961> a snake <05175>, and Moses <04872> ran <05127> from <06440> it.
4But the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Put out <07971> your hand <03027> and grab <0270> it by the tail <02180>”– so he put out <07971> his hand <03027> and caught <02388> it, and it became <01961> a staff <04294> in his hand <03709>–
5“that <04616> they may believe <0539> that <03588> the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of their fathers <01>, the God <0430> of Abraham <085>, the God <0430> of Isaac <03327>, and the God <0430> of Jacob <03290>, has appeared <07200> to <0413> you.”
6The Lord <03068> also <05750> said <0559> to him, “Put <0935> your hand <03027> into your robe <02436>.” So he put <0935> his hand <03027> into his robe <02436>, and when he brought <03318> it out <03318>– there was his hand <03027>, leprous <06879> like snow <07950>!
7He said <0559>, “Put <07725> your hand <03027> back <07725> into <0413> your robe <02436>.” So he put <07725> his hand <03027> back <07725> into <0413> his robe <02436>, and when he brought <03318> it out <03318> from his robe <02436>– there it was, restored <07725> like the rest of his skin <01320>!
8“If <0518> they do not <03808> believe <0539> you or <03808> pay attention <06963> <08085> to the former <07223> sign <0226>, then they may believe <0539> the latter <0314> sign <0226> <06963>.
9And if <0518> they do not <03808> believe <0539> even <01571> these <0428> two <08147> signs <0226> or <03808> listen <08085> to you <06963>, then take <03947> some water <04325> from the Nile <02975> and pour <08210> it out <08210> on the dry ground <03004>. The water <04325> you take <03947> out <04480> of the Nile <02975> will become <01961> blood <01818> on the dry ground <03006>.”
10Then Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, “O <0994> my Lord <0136>, I <0595> am not <03808> an eloquent <01697> man <0582>, neither <01571> in the past <08032> <08543> nor <01571> since <0227> you have spoken <01696> to <0413> your servant <05650>, for <03588> I <0595> am slow <03515> of speech <06310> and slow <03515> of tongue <03956>.”
11The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> him, “Who <04310> gave <07760> a mouth <06310> to man <0120>, or <0176> who <04310> makes <07760> a person mute <0483> or <0176> deaf <02795> or <0176> seeing <06493> or <0176> blind <05787>? Is it not <03808> I <0595>, the Lord <03068>?
12So now <06258> go <01980>, and I <0595> will be <01961> with <05973> your mouth <06310> and will teach <03384> you what <0834> you must say <01696>.”
13But Moses said <0559>, “O <0994> my Lord <0136>, please <04994> send <07971> anyone else whom you wish to send <07971>!”
14Then the Lord <03068> became angry <0639> <02734> with Moses <04872>, and he said <0559>, “What about your brother <0251> Aaron <0175> the Levite <03881>? I know <03045> that <03588> he <01931> can speak <01696> <01696> very well <01696> <01696>. Moreover <01571>, he <01931> is coming <03318> to meet <07125> you, and when he sees <07200> you he will be glad <08056> in his heart <03820>.
15“So you are to speak <01696> to <0413> him and put <07760> the words <01697> in his mouth <06310>. And as for me, I <0595> will be <01961> with <05973> your mouth <06310> and with <05973> his mouth <06310>, and I will teach <03384> you both what <0834> you must do <06213>.
16He <01931> will speak <01696> for you to <0413> the people <05971>, and it will be <01961> as if he <01931> were <01961> your mouth <06310> and as if you <0859> were <01961> his God <0430>.
17You will also take <03947> in your hand <03027> this <02088> staff <04294>, with which <0834> you will do <06213> the signs <0226>.”
18So Moses <04872> went <01980> back <07725> to <0413> his father-in-law <02859> Jethro <03503> and said <0559> to him, “Let me go <01980>, so that I may return <07725> to <0413> my relatives <0251> in Egypt <04714> and see <07200> if they are still <05750> alive <02416>.” Jethro <03503> said <0559> to Moses <04872>, “Go <01980> in peace <07965>.”
19The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872> in Midian <04080>, “Go <01980> back <07725> to Egypt <04714>, because <03588> all <03605> the men <0582> who were seeking <01245> your life <05315> are dead <04191>.”
20Then Moses <04872> took <03947> his wife <0802> and sons <01121> and put <07392> them on <05921> a donkey <02543> and headed back <07725> to the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, and Moses <04872> took <03947> the staff <04294> of God <0430> in his hand <03027>.
21The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “When you go <01980> back <07725> to Egypt <04714>, see <07200> that <0834> you do <06213> before <06440> Pharaoh <06547> all <03605> the wonders <04159> I have put <07760> under your control <03027>. But I <0589> will harden <02388> his heart <03820> and he will not <03808> let the people <05971> go <07971>.
22You must say <0559> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547>, ‘Thus <03541> says <0559> the Lord <03068>, “Israel <03478> is my son <01121>, my firstborn <01060>,
23and I said <0559> to <0413> you, ‘Let my son <01121> go <07971> that he may serve <05647> me,’ but since you have refused <03985> to let him go <07971>, I <0595> will surely kill <02026> your son <01121>, your firstborn <01060>!”’”
24Now <01961> on the way <01870>, at a place where they stopped for the night <04411>, the Lord <03068> met <06298> Moses and sought <01245> to kill <04191> him.
25But Zipporah <06855> took <03947> a flint knife <06864>, cut off <03772> the foreskin <06190> of her son <01121> and touched <05060> it to Moses’ feet <07272>, and said <0559>, “Surely <03588> you <0859> are a bridegroom <02860> of blood <01818> to me.”
26So the Lord let him alone <07503>. (At <04480> that time <0227> she said <0559>, “A bridegroom <02860> of blood <01818>,” referring to the circumcision <04139>.)
27The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Aaron <0175>, “Go <01980> to the wilderness <04057> to meet <07125> Moses <04872>. So he went <01980> and met <06298> him at the mountain <02022> of God <0430> and greeted him with a kiss <05401>.
28Moses <04872> told <05046> Aaron <0175> all <03605> the words <01697> of the Lord <03068> who <0834> had sent <07971> him and all <03605> the signs <0226> that <0834> he had commanded <06680> him.
29Then Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> went <01980> and brought together <0622> all <03605> the Israelite <03478> <01121> elders <02205>.
30Aaron <0175> spoke <01696> all <03605> the words <01697> that <0834> the Lord <03068> had spoken <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872> and did <06213> the signs <0226> in the sight <05869> of the people <05971>,
31and the people <05971> believed <0539>. When they heard <08085> that <03588> the Lord <03068> had attended <06485> to the Israelites <03478> <01121> and that <03588> he had seen <07200> their affliction <06040>, they bowed down <06915> close to the ground.