Exodus 6
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1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.” # Ex 12:33, 39
2Then God spoke to Moses, and said to him, “I am the Lord, # Isa 42:8; Mal 3:6 3and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, # Ge 17:1 but by My name, # Ps 68:4; 83:18 The Lord, # Ex 3:14 I was not known to them. 4I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, # Ge 15:18 the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they sojourned. # Ge 28:4 5I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. # Ex 2:24
6“Therefore say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm # Dt 7:8; 26:8; 1Ch 17:21 and with great judgments. 7And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. # Dt 4:20; 7:6 8I will bring you into the land, which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you for an inheritance. # Ge 15:18; 26:3 I am the Lord.’ ”
9Moses spoke so to the Israelites, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.
10The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 11“Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
12Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the Israelites have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, as I am of uncircumcised lips?” # Ex 4:10; 6:30
13And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command for the Israelites, and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14These are the heads of their fathers’ houses:
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: # Ge 46:9; 1Ch 5:3 Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi. These are the families of Reuben.
15The sons of Simeon: # Ge 46:10; 1Ch 4:24 Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon.
16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: # Ge 46:11; Nu 3:17 Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven years.
17The sons of Gershon: # Nu 3:18; 1Ch 6:17 Libni, and Shimei, according to their families.
18The sons of Kohath: # 1Ch 6:2, 18 Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years.
19The sons of Merari: # Nu 3:20; 1Ch 6:19 Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of Levi according to their generations.
20Now Amram married Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. # Ex 2:1–2; Nu 26:59 And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven years.
21The sons of Izhar: # Nu 16:1; 1Ch 6:37–38 Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri.
22The sons of Uzziel: # Lev 10:4; Nu 3:30 Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
23Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, # Nu 1:7; Ru 4:19–20 sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24The sons of Korah: # 1Ch 6:22–23 Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.
25Eleazar, # Jos 24:33 Aaron’s son, married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. # Nu 25:7–13
These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
26It was this same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring out the Israelites from the land of Egypt according to their armies.” # Ex 7:4; 12:17 27They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. It was this Aaron and Moses.
Aaron to Speak for Moses
28On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord. Speak to Pharaoh the king of Egypt all that I say to you.” # Ex 6:11; 7:2
30However, Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, I am unskilled in speech. # 6:30 Or uncircumcised of lips Why should Pharaoh listen to me?” # Ex 4:10; 6:12
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