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1 And Moses answered and said: “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice; for they will say: The LORD Yehovah has not appeared to you.” 2 And the LORD said to him: “What is that in your hand?” And he said: “A rod.” 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 And the LORD said to Moses: “Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail.” And he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand, 5 “That they may believe that the LORD, the God Elohiym of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.” 6 And furthermore, the LORD said to him: “Put now your hand into your bosom.” And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. 7 And He said: “Put your hand back into your bosom.” And he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 8 “And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land; and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood up the dry land.” 10 And Moses said to the LORD: “Oh Lord Adonai, I am not a man of words, neither before, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.” 11 And the LORD said to him: “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.” 13 And he said: “Oh Lord, send, I pray You, by the hand of someone else whom You will send.” 14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he is coming forth to meet you; and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And you shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. 16 And he shall be your spokesman to the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to you a mouth, and you shall be to him in God’s stead. 17 And you shall take in your hand this rod, with which you shall do the signs.” {p}
18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him: “Let me go, I pray you, and return to my brothers that are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive.” And Jethro said to Moses: “Go in peace.” 19 And the LORD Yehovah said to Moses in Midian: “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought your life.” 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God Elohiym in his hand. 21 And the LORD said to Moses: “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand; but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go. 22 And you shall say to Pharaoh: Thus says the LORD: Israel is My son, My firstborn. 23 And I have said to you: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will slay your son, your firstborn.” 24 And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said: “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.” 26 So He let him alone. Then she said, ‘a bridegroom of blood,’ in regard to the circumcision. {p}
27 And the LORD Yehovah said to Aaron: “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” And he went, and met him in the mountain of God Elohiym, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which He had sent him, and all the signs with which He had charged him. 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 30 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had remembered the children of Israel, and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
This paragraph continues to Exo 5 without a break.
Exo 2:23-4:26, Signs and wonders
Exo 2:23-4:31 Chiastic structure
Exo 3:1-4:17, The call of Moses
Exo 4:18-26 Chiastic structure
Exo 4:27-6:1 Chiastic structure
Exo 4:27-6:9 Strong theme
Exo 3:1-4:17 Triennial Umoshe “Now Moses”
Exo 4:18-6:1 Triennial Vayeled Moshe “Then Moses departed”
Exo 1:1-6:1 Annual Shemot “Names”
Exo 1:1-6:1 Finding Messiah in Shemot
Exo 4 Links to Chiastic structures, Hebrew root studies, Off-site studies
The Biblical text is from the 1917 Jewish Publication Society edition posted by Mechon Mamre online. I have modernized words, spelling, and grammar, and aligned the verse and chapter numbers to the KJV. The linked studies, chiastic structures, and Scripture pictures are my own and are copyright © Christine Miller. All rights reserved.
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