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.
that they.
Exodus 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, …
Exodus 3:18 And they shall listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and …
Exodus 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited …
Exodus 19:9 And the LORD said to Moses, See, I come to you in a thick cloud, …
2 Chronicles 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness …
Isaiah 7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's …
John 5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which …
John 11:15,42 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent …
John 20:27,31 Then said he to Thomas, Reach here your finger, and behold my hands; …
the Lord.
Exodus 3:15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children …
Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give …
Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to …
Genesis 18:1 And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in …
Genesis 26:2 And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell …
Genesis 48:3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the …
Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you …
Acts 7:2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory …
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.
it was turned.
Numbers 12:13,14 And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech you…
Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, …
2 Kings 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according …
Matthew 8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be …
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.
if they.
Exodus 4:30,31 And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, …
Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, …
John 12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed …
that they.
Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, …
2 Kings 5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, …
Job 5:18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
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.
the water.
Exodus 7:19 And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch …
shall become. Heb. shall be, and shall be. blood.
Exodus 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born …
Exodus 7:19-25 And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch …
Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what …
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.
eloquent. Heb. a man of words.
Exodus 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, …
Job 12:2 No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
1 Corinthians 2:1-4 And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not with excellency of …
2 Corinthians 10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily …
2 Corinthians 11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have …
heretofore.
Exodus 6:12 And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of …
Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Acts 7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was …
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?
Genesis 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will …
Psalm 51:15 O Lord, open you my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise.
Psalm 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, …
Psalm 146:8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are …
Isaiah 6:7 And he laid it on my mouth, and said, See, this has touched your …
Isaiah 35:5,6 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf …
Isaiah 42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, …
Jeremiah 1:6,9 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child…
Ezekiel 3:26,27 And I will make your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth, that …
Ezekiel 33:22 Now the hand of the LORD was on me in the evening, before he that …
Amos 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? …
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Psalm 25:4,5 Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths…
Psalm 32:9 Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: …
Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your spirit is good; …
Isaiah 49:2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his …
Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should …
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD …
Matthew 10:19,20 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak…
Mark 13:11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought …
Luke 11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, …
Luke 12:11,12 And when they bring you to the synagogues, and to magistrates, and …
Luke 21:14,15 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what you …
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will …
Ephesians 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my …
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
send.
Exodus 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, …
Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to …
Genesis 24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and …
Genesis 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let …
Judges 2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, …
1 Kings 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came …
Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name…
Ezekiel 3:14,15 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, …
Jonah 1:3,6 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, …
Matthew 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather …
John 6:29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you …
wilt send. or shouldest.
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.
anger.
2 Samuel 6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote …
1 Kings 11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned …
1 Chronicles 21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
Luke 9:59,60 And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first …
Acts 15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay on you no …
Philippians 2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
cometh.
Exodus 4:17 And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs.
1 Samuel 10:1-7 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed …
Mark 14:13-15 And he sends forth two of his disciples, and said to them, Go you …
2 Corinthians 2:13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: …
2 Corinthians 7:6,7 Nevertheless God, that comforts those that are cast down, comforted …
1 Thessalonians 3:6,7 But now when Timotheus came from you to us, and brought us good tidings …
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 put.
Exodus 7:1,2 And the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: …
2 Samuel 14:3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put …
Isaiah 51:16 And I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in …
Isaiah 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, said the LORD; My spirit …
and I.
Numbers 22:38 And Balaam said to Balak, See, I am come to you: have I now any power …
Numbers 23:5,12,16 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, …
Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brothers, like to …
Isaiah 51:16 And I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in …
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD …
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: …
Luke 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries …
1 Corinthians 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you…
1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brothers, I declare to you the gospel which I preached …
will teach.
Deuteronomy 5:31 But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you all …
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.
Exodus 7:1,2 And the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: …
Exodus 18:19 Listen now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be …
Psalm 82:6 I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
John 10:34,35 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods…
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.
the rod of God.
Exodus 4:2,17 And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod…
Exodus 17:9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek…
Numbers 20:8,9 Take the rod, and gather you the assembly together, you, and Aaron …
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:
Israel.
Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, …
Deuteronomy 14:1 You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, …
Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them…
Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Romans 9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, …
2 Corinthians 6:18 And will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, …
Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written …
James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should …
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.
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.
go into.
Exodus 4:14-16 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, …
Ecclesiastes 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Acts 10:5,6,20 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter…
the mount.
Exodus 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest …
Exodus 19:3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, …
Exodus 20:18 And all the people saw the thunder, and the lightning, and the noise …
Exodus 24:15-17 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount…
1 Kings 19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of …
kissed him.
Genesis 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
told Aaron.
Exodus 4:8,9,15,16 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither …
Jonah 3:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching …
Matthew 21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
and all.
Exodus 4:11-13 And the LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes …
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.
believed.
Exodus 4:8,9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither …
Exodus 3:18 And they shall listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and …
Psalm 106:12,13 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise…
Luke 8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word …
visited.
Exodus 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The …
Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people,
looked.
Exodus 2:25 And God looked on the children of Israel, and God had respect to them.
Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people …
bowed.
Exodus 12:27 That you shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who …
Genesis 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Genesis 24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
1 Chronicles 29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. …
2 Chronicles 20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all …