1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For Ex. 3:19 with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand Ex. 12:31, 33, 39 he will drive them out of his land.”
2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the Lord .
3 Gen. 17:1; 35:9; 48:3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as Gen. 28:3; 35:11 God Almighty, but by My name Ex. 3:14, 15; 15:3; Ps. 68:4; 83:18; Is. 52:6; Jer. 16:21; Ezek. 37:6, 13; John 8:58 Lord I was not known to them.
4 Gen. 12:7; 15:18; 17:4, 7, 8; 26:3; 28:4, 13 I have also established My covenant with them, Gen. 47:9; Lev. 25:23 to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, Gen. 28:4 in which they were strangers.
5 And Ex. 2:24; (Job 34:28); Acts 7:34 I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
6 Therefore say to the children of Israel: Ex. 13:3, 14; 20:2; Deut. 6:12 ‘I am the Lord ; Ex. 3:17; 7:4; 12:51; 16:6; 18:1; Deut. 26:8; Ps. 136:11 I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will Ex. 15:13; Deut. 7:8;1 Chr. 17:21; Neh. 1:10 rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
7 I will Ex. 19:5; Deut. 4:20; 7:6;2 Sam. 7:24 take you as My people, and Gen. 17:7; Ex. 29:45, 46; Lev. 26:12, 13, 45; Deut. 29:13; Rev. 21:7 I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out Ex. 5:4, 5 from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 And I will bring you into the land which I Gen. 15:18; 26:3; Num. 14:30; Neh. 9:15; Ezek. 20:5, 6 swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord .’ ”
9 So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; Ex. 5:21 but they did not heed Moses, because of Ex. 2:23; Num. 21:4 anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.
10 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.”
12 And Moses spoke before the Lord , saying, “The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for Ex. 4:10; 6:30; Jer. 1:6 I am of uncircumcised lips?”
13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a Num. 27:19, 23; Deut. 31:14 command for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
14 The Family of Moses and Aaron These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: Gen. 46:9; Num. 26:5–11;1 Chr. 5:3 The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
15 Gen. 46:10; Num. 26:12–14;1 Chr. 4:24 And the sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon.
16 These are the names of Gen. 46:11; Num. 3:17;1 Chr. 6:16–30 the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
17 1 Chr. 6:17 The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families.
18 And 1 Chr. 6:2, 18 the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three.
19 1 Chr. 6:19; 23:21 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.
20 Now Ex. 2:1, 2; Num. 3:19 Amram took for himself Num. 26:59 Jochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him Num. 26:59 Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.
21 Num. 16:1;1 Chr. 6:37, 38 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And Lev. 10:4 the sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of Ruth 4:19, 20;1 Chr. 2:10; Matt. 1:4 Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him Lev. 10:1; Num. 3:2; 26:60 Nadab, Abihu, Ex. 28:1 Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24 And Num. 26:11 the sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.
25 Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and Num. 25:7, 11; Josh. 24:33 she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.
26 These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their Ex. 7:4; 12:17, 51; Num. 33:1 armies.”
27 These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, Ex. 6:13; 32:7; 33:1; Ps. 77:20 to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are the same Moses and Aaron.
28 Aaron Is Moses’s Spokesman And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29 that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord . Ex. 6:11; 7:2 Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”
30 But Moses said before the Lord , “Behold, Ex. 4:10; 6:12; Jer. 1:6 I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?”