Exodus 4

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Moses^H4872 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 But, behold, they will not believe^H539 me, nor hearken^H8085 unto my voice;^H6963 for they will say,^H559 Jehovah^H3068 hath not appeared^H7200 unto thee.

2 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto him, What is that in thy hand?^H3027 And he said,^H559 A rod.^H4294

3 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Cast^H7993 it on the ground.^H776 And he cast^H7993 it on the ground,^H776 and it became a serpent;^H5175 and Moses^H4872 fled^H5127 from before^H6440 it.

4 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses,^H4872 Put forth^H7971 thy hand,^H3027 and take^H270 it by the tail^H2180 (and he put forth^H7971 his hand,^H3027 and laid hold^H2388 of it, and it became a rod^H4294 in his hand);^H3709

5 ♥ 📝 that they may believe^H539 that Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of their fathers,^H1 the God^H430 of Abraham,^H85 the God^H430 of Isaac,^H3327 and the God^H430 of Jacob,^H3290 hath appeared^H7200 unto thee.

6 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 furthermore^H5750 unto him, Put^H935 now thy hand^H3027 into thy bosom.^H2436 And he put^H935 his hand^H3027 into his bosom:^H2436 and when he took^H3318 it out, behold, his hand^H3027 was leprous,^H6879 as [white as] snow.^H7950

7 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Put^H7725 thy hand^H3027 into thy bosom^H2436 again.^H7725 (And he put^H7725 his hand^H3027 into his bosom^H2436 again;^H7725 and when he took^H3318 it out of his bosom,^H2436 behold, it was turned again^H7725 as his [other] flesh.)^H1320

8 ♥ 📝 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe^H539 thee, neither hearken^H8085 to the voice^H6963 of the first^H7223 sign,^H226 that they will believe^H539 the voice^H6963 of the latter^H314 sign.^H226

9 ♥ 📝 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe^H539 even these two^H8147 signs,^H226 neither hearken^H8085 unto thy voice,^H6963 that thou shalt take^H3947 of the water^H4325 of the river,^H2975 and pour^H8210 it upon the dry^H3004 land: and the water^H4325 which thou takest^H3947 out of the river^H2975 shall become blood^H1818 upon the dry^H3006 land.

10 ♥ 📝 And Moses^H4872 said^H559 unto Jehovah,^H136 Oh,^H994 Lord,^H136 I^H376 am not eloquent,^H1697 neither heretofore,^H8032 nor since^H227 thou hast spoken^H1696 unto thy servant;^H5650 for I am slow^H3515 of speech,^H6310 and of a slow^H3515 tongue.^H3956

11 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto him, Who hath made^H7760 man's^H120 mouth?^H6310 Or who maketh^H7760 [a man] dumb,^H483 or deaf,^H2795 or seeing,^H6493 or blind?^H5787 is it not I, Jehovah?^H3068

12 ♥ 📝 Now therefore go,^H3212 and I will be with thy mouth,^H6310 and teach^H3384 thee what thou shalt speak.^H1696

13 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Oh,^H994 Lord,^H136 send,^H7971 I pray thee, by the hand^H3027 of him whom thou wilt send.^H7971

14 ♥ 📝 And the anger^H639 of Jehovah^H3068 was kindled^H2734 against Moses,^H4872 and he said,^H559 Is there not Aaron^H175 thy brother^H251 the Levite?^H3881 I know^H3045 that he can speak^H1696 well.^H1696 And also, behold, he cometh forth^H3318 to meet^H7125 thee: and when he seeth^H7200 thee, he will be glad^H8055 in his heart.^H3820

15 ♥ 📝 And thou shalt speak^H1696 unto him, and put^H7760 the words^H1697 in his mouth:^H6310 and I will be with thy mouth,^H6310 and with his mouth,^H6310 and will teach^H3384 you what ye shall do.^H6213

16 ♥ 📝 And he shall be thy spokesman^H1696 unto the people;^H5971 and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth,^H6310 and thou shalt be to him as God.^H430

17 ♥ 📝 And thou shalt take^H3947 in thy hand^H3027 this rod,^H4294 wherewith thou shalt do^H6213 the signs.^H226

18 ♥ 📝 And Moses^H4872 went^H3212 and returned^H7725 to Jethro^H3500 his father-in-law,^H2859 and said^H559 unto him, Let me go,^H3212 I pray thee, and return^H7725 unto my brethren^H251 that are in Egypt,^H4714 and see^H7200 whether they be yet^H5750 alive.^H2416 And Jethro^H3503 said^H559 to Moses,^H4872 Go^H3212 in peace.^H7965

19 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses^H4872 in Midian,^H4080 Go,^H3212 return^H7725 into Egypt;^H4714 for all the men^H582 are dead^H4191 that sought^H1245 thy life.^H5315

20 ♥ 📝 And Moses^H4872 took^H3947 his wife^H802 and his sons,^H1121 and set^H7392 them upon an ass,^H2543 and he returned^H7725 to the land^H776 of Egypt:^H4714 and Moses^H4872 took^H3947 the rod^H4294 of God^H430 in his hand.^H3027

21 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto Moses,^H4872 When thou goest^H3212 back^H7725 into Egypt,^H4714 see^H7200 that thou do^H6213 before^H6440 Pharaoh^H6547 all the wonders^H4159 which I have put^H7760 in thy hand:^H3027 but I will harden^H2388 his heart,^H3820 and he will not let the people^H5971 go.^H7971

22 ♥ 📝 And thou shalt say^H559 unto Pharaoh,^H6547 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 Israel^H3478 is my son,^H1121 my first-born:^H1060

23 ♥ 📝 and I have said unto thee, Let my son^H1121 go,^H7971 that he may serve^H5647 me; and thou hast refused^H3985 to let him go:^H7971 behold, I will slay^H2026 thy son,^H1121 thy first-born.^H1060

24 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass on the way^H1870 at the lodging-place,^H4411 that Jehovah^H3068 met^H6298 him, and sought^H1245 to kill^H4191 him.

25 ♥ 📝 Then Zipporah^H6855 took^H3947 a flint,^H6864 and cut off^H3772 the foreskin^H6190 of her son,^H1121 and cast^H5060 it at his feet;^H7272 and she said,^H559 Surely a bridegroom^H2860 of blood^H1818 art thou to me.

26 ♥ 📝 So he let him alone.^H7503 Then she said,^H559 A bridegroom^H2860 of blood^H1818 [art thou], because of the circumcision.^H4139

27 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 to Aaron,^H175 Go^H3212 into the wilderness^H4057 to meet^H7125 Moses.^H4872 And he went,^H3212 and met^H6298 him in the mountain^H2022 of God,^H430 and kissed^H5401 him.

28 ♥ 📝 And Moses^H4872 told^H5046 Aaron^H175 all the words^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 wherewith he had sent^H7971 him, and all the signs^H226 wherewith he had charged^H6680 him.

29 ♥ 📝 And Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 went^H3212 and gathered together^H622 all the elders^H2205 of the children^H1121 of Israel:^H3478

30 ♥ 📝 and Aaron^H175 spake^H1696 all the words^H1697 which Jehovah^H3068 had spoken^H1696 unto Moses,^H4872 and did^H6213 the signs^H226 in the sight^H5869 of the people.^H5971

31 ♥ 📝 And the people^H5971 believed:^H539 and when they heard^H8085 that Jehovah^H3068 had visited^H6485 the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 and that he had seen^H7200 their affliction,^H6040 then they bowed their heads^H6915 and worshipped.^H7812