Exodus 4

Exodus Chapter 4 KJV

1Moses' rod is turned into a serpent: 6his hand is leprous: 10he is unwilling to be sent; Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18Moses departeth from Jethro. 21God's message to Pharaoh. 24Zipporah circumciseth her son. 27Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 29They go to the Israelites, and the people believe them.
1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not 1believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
2 And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A 1rod.
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And 1he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses, 1Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
5 That 1they may believe that 2the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
6 ¶ And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was 1leprous as snow.
7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was 1turned again as his other flesh.
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to 1the 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 also 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 ashall become 1blood upon the dry land.
10 ¶ And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not aeloquent, neither heretofore, nor bsince thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but 1I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? 1have not I the Lord?
12 Now therefore go, and 1I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
13 And he said, O my Lord, 1send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou awilt send.
14 And the 1anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can 2speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou shalt 1speak unto him, and 2put words in his mouth: and I will be with 3thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
16 And he shall be thy 1spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him 2instead of God.
17 And thou shalt take this 1rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
18 ¶ And Moses went and returned to aJethro his father in law, and said unto him, 1Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, 2Go in peace.
19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, 1Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
20 And Moses 1took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the 2rod of God in his hand.
21 And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine 1hand: but I will 2harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, 1Thus saith the Lord, Israel is 2my son, even my firstborn:
23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will 1slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
24 ¶ And it came to pass by the way 1in the inn, that the Lord 2met him, and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a asharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and bcast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
27 ¶ And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness 1to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the 2mount of God, and 3kissed him.
28 And Moses 1told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the 2signs which he had commanded him.
29 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the 1elders of the children of Israel:
30 And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and 1did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people 1believed: and when they heard that the Lord had 2visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they 3bowed their heads and worshipped.
Exodus 4