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Moses
Given Powers |
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| Exodus 4:1 |
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Then Moses said, "What if they will not believe
me or listen to what I say? For they may say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'"
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| Exodus 4:2 |
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The LORD said to him, "What is that in your
hand?" And he said, "A staff." |
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| Exodus 4:3 |
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Then He said, "Throw it on the ground." So he
threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. |
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| Exodus 4:4 |
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But the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your
hand and grasp it by its tail"--so he stretched out his hand and caught it, and
it became a staff in his hand-- |
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| Exodus 4:5 |
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"that they may believe that the LORD, the God
of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
has appeared to you." |
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| Exodus 4:6 |
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The LORD furthermore said to him, "Now put your
hand into your bosom." So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it
out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow. |
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| Exodus 4:7 |
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Then He said, "Put your hand into your bosom
again." So he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his
bosom, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. |
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| Exodus 4:8 |
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"If they will not believe you or heed the witness
of the first sign, they may believe the witness of the last sign. |
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| Exodus 4:9 |
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"But if they will not believe even these two
signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour
it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood
on the dry ground." |
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| Exodus 4:10 |
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Then Moses said to the LORD, "Please, Lord,
I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have
spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." |
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| Exodus 4:11 |
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The LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth?
Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? |
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| Exodus 4:12 |
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"Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your
mouth, and teach you what you are to say." |
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| Exodus 4:13 |
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But he said, "Please, Lord, now send the message
by whomever You will." |
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Aaron
to Be Moses' Mouthpiece |
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| Exodus 4:14 |
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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses,
and He said, "Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks
fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you,
he will be glad in his heart. |
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| Exodus 4:15 |
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"You are to speak to him and put the words in
his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach
you what you are to do. |
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| Exodus 4:16 |
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"Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people;
and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him. |
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| Exodus 4:17 |
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"You shall take in your hand this staff, with
which you shall perform the signs." |
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| Exodus 4:18 |
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Then Moses departed and returned to Jethro his
father-in-law and said to him, "Please, let me go, that I may return to my brethren
who are in Egypt, and see if they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses,
"Go in peace." |
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| Exodus 4:19 |
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Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go back
to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead." |
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| Exodus 4:20 |
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So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted
them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff
of God in his hand. |
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| Exodus 4:21 |
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The LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to
Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in
your power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
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| Exodus 4:22 |
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"Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the
LORD, "Israel is My son, My firstborn. |
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| Exodus 4:23 |
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"So I said to you, 'Let My son go that he may
serve Me'; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your
firstborn."'" |
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| Exodus 4:24 |
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Now it came about at the lodging place on the
way that the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. |
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| Exodus 4:25 |
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Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's
foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet, and she said, "You are indeed a bridegroom
of blood to me." |
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| Exodus 4:26 |
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So He let him alone. At that time she said,
"You are a bridegroom of blood"--because of the circumcision. |
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| Exodus 4:27 |
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Now the LORD said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses
in the wilderness." So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.
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| Exodus 4:28 |
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Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with
which He had sent him, and all the signs that He had commanded him to do. |
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| Exodus 4:29 |
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Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all
the elders of the sons of Israel; |
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| Exodus 4:30 |
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and Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD
had spoken to Moses. He then performed the signs in the sight of the people. |
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| Exodus 4:31 |
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So the people believed; and when they heard
that the LORD was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their
affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped. |
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