1 Drawn (Moses)
answered saying, “But they will not believe me, nor listen to my
voice. They will say, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) has not appeared to
you.”
2 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) said to him, “What is
that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
3 He said, “Cast
it on the ground.” As he cast it on the ground, and it became a
serpent; and Drawn (Moses) fled from before it.
4 Then I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Put forth your hand, and
take it by the tail.” He put forth his hand, and caught it, and it
became a rod in his hand.
5 “That they
may believe that I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) God
('Elohiym)
of their fathers, the God
('Elohiym)
of Father of a Multitude (Abraham), the God
('Elohiym)
of Laughter (Isaac), and the God
('Elohiym)
of Heel-Grabber (Jacob), has appeared to you.”
6 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) said furthermore to him, “Put now your hand into
your bosom.” So he put his hand into his bosom and when he took it
out, his hand was leprous as
snow.
7 Then He said,
“Put your hand into your bosom again.” So he put his hand into
his bosom again and took it out of his bosom. It had turned back
again as his other flesh.
8 If they will
not believe you, or listen to the voice of the first sign, they will
believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 And it shall
come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, or
listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river,
and pour it upon the dry
land. The water which you
take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.”
10 Drawn
(Moses) said to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), O my Lord, I am not
eloquent. I never have been, and still am not, even since You have
spoken to Your servant. I am
slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) said to him, “Who has made man's mouth? Who makes
the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah)?
12 Now,
therefore go. I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall
say.”
13 But Drawn
(Moses) begged, “O my Lord, please send someone else!”
14 And the anger
of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) was kindled against Drawn (Moses), and he
said, “Isn't Light Bringer
(Aaron) the Joined
To (Levite) your brother? I know that he can
speak well. Right now he is coming to meet you: and when he sees you,
he will be glad in his heart.
15 You shall
speak to him, and put words in his mouth: and 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. He shall be to your mouth, and you
shall be to him as God.
17 You will take
this rod in your hand, wherewith you will do signs.”
18 Then Drawn
(Moses) went and returned to His Abundance (Jethro) his father in
law, and said to him, “Let me go, please and return to my brethren
who are in Double Straights (Egypt), and see whether they are yet
alive.” His Abundance (Jethro) answered Drawn (Moses), “Go in
peace.”
19 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses) in Strife (Midian), “Go,
return to Double Straights (Egypt). All the men are dead who sought
your life.”
20 Drawn (Moses)
took his wife and his sons, and set them on an ass, and he returned
to the land of Double Straights (Egypt). Then Drawn (Moses) took the
rod of God in his hand.
21 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “When you return to Double
Straights (Egypt), see that you do all those wonders before the
Great House (Pharaoh), which I have put in your hand: but I will
harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
22 You shall say
to the Great House (Pharaoh), 'Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah),
God Prevails (Israel) is my
son, even my firstborn.
23 And I say to
you, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if you refuse to let
him go, behold, I will slay your son, even
your firstborn'.”
24 On the way at
the inn, that I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) met him, and sought to kill
him.
25 Then A Little
Bird (Zipporah) took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her
son, and cast it at his feet,
and said, “Surely you are a bloody husband to me.”
26 So he let him
go: then she said, “A bloody husband you
are, because of the circumcision.”
27 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) said to Light Bringer (Aaron), “Go to the wilderness
to meet Drawn (Moses). So he went, and met him in the mount of God,
and kissed him.
28 Drawn (Moses)
told Light Bringer (Aaron) all the words of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah)
who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
29 Then Drawn
(Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) went and gathered together all the
elders of the children of God Prevails (Israel).
30 Light Bringer
(Aaron) relayed all the words which I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had
spoken to Drawn (Moses), and did the signs in the sight of the
people.
31
And the people believed: and when they heard that I AM (the LORD,
Yehovah) had visited the children of God Prevails (Israel) , and that
He had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and
worshiped.
