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1 ἀποκρίνω-VCI-API3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐάν-C οὖν-X μή-D πιστεύω-VA--AAS3P ἐγώ- P--DS μηδέ-C εἰςἀκούω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P γάρ-X ὅτι-C οὐ-D ὁράω-VX--XPI3S σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM τίς- I--ASN εἶπον-VF2-FAI1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM

2 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM κύριος-N2--NSM τίς- I--NSN οὗτος- D--NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF χείρ-N3--DSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ῥάβδος-N2--NSF

3 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ῥίπτω-VA--AAD2S αὐτός- D--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C ῥίπτω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὄφις-N3I-NSM καί-C φεύγω-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM

4 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM ἐκτείνω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF καί-C ἐπιλαμβάνω-VB--AMD2S ὁ- A--GSF κέρκος-N2--GSF κτείνω-VAI-AAI2S οὖν-X ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐπιλαμβάνω-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--GSF κέρκος-N2--GSF καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ῥάβδος-N2--NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF χείρ-N3--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM

5 ἵνα-C πιστεύω-VA--AAS3P σύ- P--DS ὅτι-C ὁράω-VX--XPI3S σύ- P--DS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM πατήρ-N3--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM θεός-N2--NSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM καί-C θεός-N2--NSM *ισαακ-N---GSM καί-C θεός-N2--NSM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM

6 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM κύριος-N2--NSM πάλιν-D εἰςφέρω-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM κόλπος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C εἰςφέρω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM κόλπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐκφέρω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM κόλπος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF χείρ-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὡσεί-D χιών-N3N-NSF

7 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πάλιν-D εἰςφέρω-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM κόλπος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C εἰςφέρω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM κόλπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐκφέρω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM κόλπος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πάλιν-D ἀπο καταἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF χρόα-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

8 ἐάν-C δέ-X μή-D πιστεύω-VA--AAS3P σύ- P--DS μηδέ-C εἰςἀκούω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSN σημεῖον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN πρῶτος-A1--GSNS πιστεύω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSN σημεῖον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ἔσχατο-A1--GSN

9 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐάν-C μή-D πιστεύω-VA--AAS3P σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--DPN δύο-M---DP σημεῖον-N2N-DPN οὗτος- D--DPN μηδέ-C εἰςἀκούω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM καί-C ἐκχέω-VF2-FAI2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN ξηρός-A1A-ASN καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN ὅς- --NSN ἐάν-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAS2S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM αἷμα-N3M-NSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM ξηρός-A1A-GSM

10 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM δέομαι-V1--PMI1S κύριος-N2--VSM οὐ-D ἱκανός-A1--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI1S πρό-P ὁ- A--GSF χθές-D οὐδέ-C πρό-P ὁ- A--GSF τρίτος-A1--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF οὐδέ-C ἀπό-P ὅς- --GSM ἄρχω-VAI-AMI2S λαλέω-V2--PAN ὁ- A--DSM θεράπων-N3--DSM σύ- P--GS ἰσχνόφωνος-A1B-NSM καί-C βραδύγλωσσος-A1B-NSM ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S

11 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM τίς- I--NSM δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S στόμα-N3M-ASN ἄνθρωπος-N2--DSM καί-C τίς- I--NSM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S δύσκωφος-A1B-ASM καί-C κωφός-A1--ASM βλέπω-V1--PAPASM καί-C τυφλός-A1--ASM οὐ-D ἐγώ- P--NS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

12 καί-C νῦν-D πορεύομαι-V1--PMD2S καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS ἀναοἴγω-VA--AAS1S ὁ- A--ASN στόμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS καί-C συνβιβάζω-VA--AAS1S σύ- P--AS ὅς- --NSN μέλλω-V1--PAI2S λαλέω-VA--AAN

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM δέομαι-V1--PMI1S κύριος-N2--VSM προςχειρίζω-VA--AAN δύναμαι-V6--PMPASM ἄλλος- D--ASM ὅς- --ASM ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI2S

14 καί-C θυμόω-VC--APPNSM ὀργή-N1--DSF κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D ἰδού-I *ααρων-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM *λευίτης-N1M-NSM ἐπίσταμαι-V6--PMI1S ὅτι-C λαλέω-V2--PAPNSM λαλέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--NSM σύ- P--DS καί-C ἰδού-I αὐτός- D--NSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF σύ- P--DS καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM σύ- P--AS χαίρω-VD--FPI3S ἐν-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSM

15 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN στόμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS ἀναοἴγω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN στόμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASN στόμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C συνβιβάζω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP ὅς- --APN ποιέω-VF--FAI2P

16 καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM σύ- P--DS προςλαλέω-VF--FAI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--GS στόμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--NS δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI2S ὁ- A--NPN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM

17 καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ῥάβδος-N2--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ὁ- A--ASF στρέφω-VD--APPASF εἰς-P ὄφις-N3I-ASM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF χείρ-N3--DSF σύ- P--GS ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--APN σημεῖον-N2N-APN

18 πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P *ιοθορ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM γαμβρός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3S πορεύομαι-VF--FMI1S καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI1S πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--APM ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF καί-C ὁράω-VF--FMI1S εἰ-C ἔτι-D ζάω-V3--PAI3P καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ιοθορ-N---NSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-DSM βαδίζω-V1--PAD2S ὑγιαίνω-V1--PAPNSM

19 μετά-P δέ-X ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--APF πολύς-A1--APF ἐκεῖνος- D--APF τελευτάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM ἐν-P *μαδιαμ-N---DS βαδίζω-V1--PAD2S ἀποἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2S εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF θνήσκω-VX--XAI3P γάρ-X πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ζητέω-V2--PAPNPM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASF ψυχή-N1--ASF

20 ἀναλαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--APN παιδίον-N2N-APN ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ὑποζύγιον-N2N-APN καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--ASF ῥάβδος-N2--ASF ὁ- A--ASF παρά-P ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF χείρ-N3--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM

21 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM πορεύομαι-V1--PMD2S σύ- P--GS καί-C ἀποστρέφω-V1--PAPGSM εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF ὁράω-V3--PAD2S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN τέρας-N3T-APN ὅς- --APN δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χείρ-N3--DPF σύ- P--GS ποιέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--APN ἐναντίον-P *φαραώ-N---GSM ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X σκληρύνω-VA--AAS1S ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM

22 σύ- P--NS δέ-X εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM πρωτότοκος-A1B-NSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

23 εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S δέ-X σύ- P--DS ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἵνα-C ἐγώ- P--DS λατρεύω-VA--AAS3S εἰ-C μέν-X οὖν-X μή-D βούλομαι-V1--PMI2S ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APM ὁράω-V3--PAD2S οὖν-X ἐγώ- P--NS ἀποκτείνω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM πρωτότοκος-A1B-ASM

24 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κατάλυμα-N3M-DSN συνἀντάω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἄγγελος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ζητέω-V2I-IAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN

25 καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSF *σεπφωρα-N1A-NSF ψῆφος-N2--ASF περιτέμνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF ἀκροβυστία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C προςπίπτω-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--APM πούς-N3D-APM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--GSF περιτομή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSN παιδίον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS

26 καί-C ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM διότι-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--GSF περιτομή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSN παιδίον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS

27 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *ααρων-N---ASM πορεύομαι-VC--APD2S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF *μωυσῆς-N1M-DSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ἔρημος-N2--ASF καί-C πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S καί-C συνἀντάω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM καί-C καταφιλέω-VAI-AAI3P ἀλλήλω- D--APM

28 καί-C ἀναἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ααρων-N---DSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM κύριος-N2--GSM ὅς- --APM ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN σημεῖον-N2N-APN ὅς- --APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

29 πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καί-C *ααρων-N---NSM καί-C συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF γερουσία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

30 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN ὅς- --APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN σημεῖον-N2N-APN ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM

31 καί-C πιστεύω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM καί-C χαίρω-VDI-API3S ὅτι-C ἐπισκέπτω-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ὅτι-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--ASF θλῖψις-N3I-ASF κύπτω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S

   

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6952. 'Put out your hand and take hold of the tail' means the power of raising something from the last part of the sensory level. This is clear from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with above in 6947; and from the meaning of 'the serpent's tail' as the lowest part of the sensory level - 'a serpent' is the sensory level, see above in 6949, so that 'its tail' is the last or lowest part of it. Raising something is meant by 'putting out and taking hold', for a person who puts out his hand and takes hold of some creature crawling on the ground raises it up. Since 'a serpent' means the separated sensory level and the resulting reasoning based on the illusions of the senses regarding the truths of faith, 'the serpent's tail' means falsity itself, for this falsity constitutes the last and lowest part. A person ruled by falsity, thus by what is last and lowest, looks altogether downwards and outwards, that is, in a worldly and earthly direction, not upwards and inwards, that is, to heaven and the Lord.

[2] The fact that these kinds of things are meant by 'the serpent's tail' is clear in John,

The locusts had tails like scorpions, and stings were in their tails, and their power, in order that they might do people harm. Revelation 9:10.

'Tails like scorpions' and 'stings in the tails' are artful reasonings based on falsities by means of which they can convince and thereby damage people; and this is why it says that the power they have is 'to do people harm'.

[3] In the same author,

The horses' tails were like serpents, having heads; and by means of them they do harm. Revelation 9:19.

Here likewise 'tails like serpents' stands for reasonings based on falsities by means of which they cause harm, especially as it is said that such tails were those of horses and had heads. For 'horses' and also 'head' mean the area of understanding in the mind, and therefore 'tails' here means the more artful kinds of reasonings against truths that are based on illusions and consequent falsities. These reasonings are the lowest, for the more artful the reasonings against truths are, the lower they are.

[4] In the same author,

The dragon's tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them down to the earth. Revelation 12:4.

'The dragon's tail' stands in a similar way for reasonings based on falsities. 'The stars of heaven' stands for cognitions of goodness and truth, 'casting them down to the earth' for destroying them. The dragon is the serpent which uses reasonings based on falsities to lead people astray and which led astray in paradise 'the mother of living ones', who was Eve, because of the tree of knowledge, that is, by means of factual knowledge based on sensory evidence, thus on illusions. This is also made plain in John,

The great dragon was cast out, the serpent of old, who is called the devil and satan, who leads the whole world astray. Revelation 12:9.

[5] The fact that 'the tail' in general is the separated sensory level of the mind which does not look upwards but downwards, thus not in a heavenly but an earthly direction, and that consequently it means falsity is clear in Isaiah,

Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, the branch and the bulrush. The old and the honourable [in face] is the head, but the prophet, the teacher of a lie, is the tail. Isaiah 9:14-15.

Here 'tail' plainly stands for falsity, which the Word calls 'a lie'. In the same prophet,

There will not be for Egypt [any] work which the head and tail, branch and bulrush, may do. Isaiah 19:15.

'Bulrush' stands for that which is lowest. In Moses,

So Jehovah will give you to be the head, and not to be the tail, in order that you may be tending only upwards, but not be tending downwards, when you obey the commandments of your God. Deuteronomy 18:13.

[6] 'The tail' stands for the lowest part which looks downwards or outwards, that is, in a worldly and earthly direction and not towards heaven and the Lord. For the interior parts of the human mind together with sensory levels are raised upwards by the Lord when a person is governed by the good of faith and charity. But if he is governed by evil and falsity, then the interior parts together with the sensory levels look downwards and so solely to things in the world. As a consequence he sheds his human nature and assumes a beast-like nature, for wild beasts look downwards or solely to things on earth. The person who looks downwards wills what is evil and thinks what is false, but one whom the Lord raises upwards wills what is good and thinks what is true. A raising by the Lord does in actual fact take place and therefore a removal from evils and falsities. Angels have the actual feeling of being raised up; it is like the force drawing things towards the centre of attraction, the centre being where the Lord is within His Sun. Angels have their heads raised in this direction, but those in hell their feet, so that the angels look upwards but those in hell downwards, 3641, 3643. In the same book,

The foreigner who is in the midst of you will rise above you, upwards more and more, but you will go down, downwards more and more; he will be the head, but you will be the tail. Deuteronomy 28:43, 44.

Here the meaning is similar. In Isaiah,

Say to him, Beware, and be quiet; do not fear, and do not let your heart become soft on account of the two tails of these smoking firebrands, on account of the blazing anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah. Isaiah 7:4.

'Rezin king of Syria' stands for cognitions or knowledge of what is evil, 'Syria' meaning cognitions of what is good, see 1232, 1234, 3680, and so in the contrary sense cognitions of what is evil; and 'the son of Remaliah king of Samaria' stands for knowledge or cognitions of what is false. The latter and the former kinds of cognitions are 'tails' because they constitute what is lowest. 'Smoking firebrands' stands for blazing anger.

  
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Exodus 4

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1 Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"

2 Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."

3 He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

4 Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He Put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.

5 "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."

6 Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

7 He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again." He Put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.

8 "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."

10 Moses said to Yahweh, "O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."

11 Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."

13 He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."

14 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

16 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."

18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "go in peace."

19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."

20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.

21 Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

22 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

23 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"

24 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.

25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."

26 So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.

27 Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.

28 Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahweh with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.

29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

30 Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

31 The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.