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Moses answered and said : They will not believe me, nor hear my voice , but they will say : The Lord hath not appeared to thee.
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Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand ? He answered: A rod.
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And the Lord said : Cast it down upon the ground . He cast it down, and it was turned into a serpent : so that Moses fled from it.
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And the Lord said : Put out thy hand and take it by the tail . He Put forth his hand , and took hold of it, and it was turned into a rod.
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That they may believe, saith he, that the Lord God of their fathers , the God of Abraham , the God of Isaac , and the God of Jacob , hath appeared to thee.
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And the Lord said again: Put thy hand into thy bosom . And when he had Put it into his bosom , he brought it forth leprous as snow .
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And he said : Put back thy hand into thy bosom . He Put it back , and brought it out again, and it was like the other flesh .
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If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign , they will believe the word of the latter sign .
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But if they will not even believe these two signs , nor hear thy voice : take of the river water , and pour it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou drawest out of the river shall be turned into blood .
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Moses said : I beseech thee, Lord . I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before: and since thou hast spoken to thy servant , I have more impediment and slowness of tongue .
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The Lord said to him: Who made man's mouth ? or who made the dumb and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? did not I?
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Go therefore and I will be in thy mouth : and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak .
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But he said : I beseech thee, Lord send whom thou wilt send .
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The Lord being angry at Moses , said Aaron the Levite is thy brother , I know that he is eloquent: behold he cometh forth to meet thee, and seeing thee shall be glad at heart .
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Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth : and I will be in thy mouth , and in his mouth , and will shew you what you must do.
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He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and shall be thy mouth : but thou shalt be to him in those things that pertain to God .
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And take this rod in thy hand , wherewith thou shalt do the signs .
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Moses went his way , and returned to Jethro his father in law and said to him: I will go and return to my brethren into Egypt , that I may see if they be yet alive. And Jethro said to him: go in peace .
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And the Lord said to Moses , in Madian : Go , and return into Egypt : for they are all dead that sought thy life.
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Moses therefore took his wife , and his sons, and set them upon an ass : and returned into Egypt , carrying the rod of God in his hand .
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And the Lord said to him as he was returning into Egypt : See that thou do all the wonders before Pharao, which I have put in thy hand : I shall harden his heart , and he will not let the people go .
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And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord : Israel is my son , my firstborn .
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I have said to thee: Let my son go , that he may serve me, and thou wouldst not let him go : behold I will kill thy son , thy firstborn .
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And when he was in his journey, in the inn , the Lord met him, and would have killed him.
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Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the fore skin of her son , and touched his feet and said : A bloody spouse art thou to me.
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And he let him go after she had said A bloody spouse art thou to me, because of the circumcision.
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And the Lord said to Aaron : Go into the desert to meet Moses . And he went forth to meet him in the mountain of God , and kissed him.
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And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord , by which he had sent him, and the signs that he had commanded .
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And they came together, and they assembled all the ancients of the children of Israel .
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And Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had said to Moses : and he wrought the signs before the people,
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And the people believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel : and that he had looked upon their affliction : and falling down they adored .