Exodus 4
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And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Put 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:
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
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 leprous as snow.
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 turned again as his other flesh.
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
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 shall become blood upon the dry land.
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
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? have not I the LORD?
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let 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, Go in peace.
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

Midian. A country in Arabia Petr?a, on the eastern coast of the Red Sea, near Mount Sinai. This place is still called by the Arabs the Land of Midian, or of Jethro. Abulfeda, speaking of Midian, says, Madyan is a city, in ruins, on the shore of the Red Sea, on the opposite side to Tabuc, from which it is distant about six days' journey. At Midian may be seen the famous well at which Moses watered the flocks of Shoaib, (Jethro.) This city was the capital of the tribe of Midian in the days of the Israelites.

for all.

Exodus 2:15,23 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses …

Matthew 2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into …

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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 hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

wonders.

Exodus 3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders …

I will harden.

Exodus 7:3,13 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders …

Exodus 9:12,35 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he listened not to …

Exodus 10:1,20 And the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have hardened …

Exodus 14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he …

Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for …

Deuteronomy 2:30-33,36 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD …

Joshua 11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come …

1 Kings 22:22 And the LORD said to him, With which? And he said, I will go forth, …

Psalm 105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtly with his servants.

Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and …

Isaiah 63:17 O LORD, why have you made us to err from your ways, and hardened …

John 12:40 He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should …

Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God …

Romans 9:18 Therefore has he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

Romans 11:8-10 (According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, …

2 Corinthians 2:16 To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the …

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 And with all delusion of unrighteousness in them that perish; because …

1 Peter 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which …

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
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 slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.

the inn. The account in this and the two following verses, although rather obscure, seems to imply, that on their way to the land of Egypt, an angel appeared to Moses, and sought to kill his son, on account of his father's non-observance of the Lord's positive command to Abraham, that every man child of the Jewish nation, or born in his house in servitude, should be circumcised on the eight day; and the Zipporah, at the command of Moses, immediately fulfilled the injunction, and thus averted the wrath of God, denounced against the disobedient: The uncircumcised man child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Genesis 42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey provender in …

Genesis 17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not …

the Lord.

Exodus 3:18 And they shall listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and …

Numbers 22:22,23 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the …

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand …

Hosea 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will …

sought.

Genesis 17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not …

Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, …

1 Kings 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and …

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

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And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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