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Exodus 4:1
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And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they
will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath
not appeared unto thee. |
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| Exodus 4:2 |
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And Jehovah said unto him, What is that in thy
hand? And he said, A rod. |
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| Exodus 4:3 |
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And he said, Cast in on the ground. And he cast
it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. |
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| Exodus 4:4 |
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And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy 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:) |
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| Exodus 4:5 |
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That they may believe that Jehovah, the God
of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
hath appeared unto thee. |
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| Exodus 4:6 |
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And Jehovah said furthermore unto him, Put now
thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took
it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. |
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| Exodus 4:7 |
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And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again.
(And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom,
behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.) |
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| Exodus 4:8 |
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not
believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe
the voice of the latter sign. |
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not
believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt
take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which
thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. |
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| Exodus 4:10 |
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And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am
not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant;
for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. |
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| Exodus 4:11 |
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And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's
mouth? Or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah?
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| Exodus 4:12 |
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Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth,
and teach thee what thou shalt speak. |
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| Exodus 4:13 |
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And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by
the hand of him whom thou wilt send. |
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| Exodus 4:14 |
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And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against
Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? 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. |
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| Exodus 4:15 |
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And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words
in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach
you what ye shall do. |
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| Exodus 4:16 |
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And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people;
and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be
to him as God. |
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| Exodus 4:17 |
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And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith
thou shalt do the signs. |
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| Exodus 4:18 |
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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 that are
in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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| Exodus 4:19 |
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And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return
into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life. |
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| Exodus 4:20 |
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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. |
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| Exodus 4:21 |
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And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest
back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have
put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
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| Exodus 4:22 |
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And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith
Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born: |
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| Exodus 4:23 |
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and I have said unto thee, Let my son go, that
he may serve me; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, I will slay thy
son, thy first-born. |
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| Exodus 4:24 |
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And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place,
that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him. |
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| Exodus 4:25 |
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Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the
foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom
of blood art thou to me. |
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| Exodus 4:26 |
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So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom
of blood art thou, because of the circumcision. |
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| Exodus 4:27 |
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And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness
to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.
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| Exodus 4:28 |
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And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah
wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. |
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| Exodus 4:29 |
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And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together
all the elders of the children of Israel: |
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| Exodus 4:30 |
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and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah
had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. |
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| Exodus 4:31 |
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And the people believed: and when they heard
that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction,
then they bowed their heads and worshipped. |
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