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God Promises Action
1 Then the Loʀᴅ said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for
1Aunder compulsion he will let them go, and
1under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”
2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am
Athe Loʀᴅ;
3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as
1AGod Almighty, but
by BMy name,
2Loʀᴅ, I did not make Myself known to them.
4 “I also established
AMy covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the
1land in which they sojourned.
5 “Furthermore I have
Aheard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
6 “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘
AI am the Loʀᴅ, and
BI will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also
Credeem you with
Dan outstretched arm and with great judgments.
7 ‘Then I will take you
1Afor My people, and
BI will be
2your God; and
Cyou shall know that I am the Loʀᴅ your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 ‘I will bring you to the land which
AI
1swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and
BI will give it to you
for a possession;
CI am the Loʀᴅ.’ ”
9 So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on
Aaccount of
their 1despondency and cruel bondage.
10 Now the Loʀᴅ spoke to Moses, saying,
11 “
AGo,
1tell Pharaoh king of Egypt
2to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”
12 But Moses spoke before the Loʀᴅ, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me;
Ahow then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am
1Bunskilled in speech?”
13 Then the Loʀᴅ spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
The Heads of Israel
14 These are the heads of their fathers’ households.
AThe sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
15 The
Asons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
16 These are the names of
Athe sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the
1length of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.
17 AThe sons of Gershon:
1Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
18 AThe sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the
1length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years.
19 AThe sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
20 AAmram
1married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the
2length of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.
21 AThe sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.
22 AThe sons of Uzziel: Mishael and
1Elzaphan and Sithri.
23 Aaron
1married Elisheba, the daughter of
AAmminadab, the sister of
BNahshon, and she bore him
CNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 The
Asons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and
1Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
25 Aaron’s son
AEleazar
1married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him
BPhinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’
households of the Levites according to their families.
26 It was
the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Loʀᴅ said, “
ABring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their
Bhosts.”
27 They were the ones
Awho spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt
1about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was
the same Moses and Aaron.
28 Now it came about on the day when the Loʀᴅ spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29 that the Loʀᴅ spoke to Moses, saying, “
AI am the Loʀᴅ;
Bspeak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.”
30 But Moses said before the Loʀᴅ, “Behold, I am
1Aunskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”