Hi, and welcome back
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for being with me today
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to read in the book of
Exodus. And before we start,
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let's pray together. Dear Jesus,
thank you so much that we have
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great stories that we are going
to be reading in the book of
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Exodus, how you came down and
led your children, Israel out of
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the land of Egypt, and brought
them from being slaves to being
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free and blest by you. And we
know that you came from heaven
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and you brought each of
us out of the slavery of sin.
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We are free indeed because
of the gift you have given to us
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that we will never earn, never
repay. But we want to show you
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our thanksgiving for it. And the
way to do that is to hear your
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words, grow in faith, and
do your will. Please help us to
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to that. We love you so much.
Thank you for loving us. Amen.
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We're reading today from the
book of Exodus, and the children
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of Israel have grown into
a great and exceeding host of
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children and people. Pharaoh
who was not the Pharaoh who knew
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Joseph. The new Pharaoh doesn't
know Joseph and he's concerned
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that the Israelites are too
great in numbers. So they make
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them into slaves and press them
into service. We're picking up
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in Exodus
chapter one and verse 14.
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This is the King James Version
And they, speaking of the
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Egyptians. And they made their
lives bitter with hard bondage,
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in mortar, and in brick, and
in all manner of service in the
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field: all their service
wherein they made them serve,
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was with rigor. And the king
of Egypt spake to the Hebrew
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midwives, of which the
name of the one was Shiphrah,
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and the name of the
other was Puah: And he said,
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When ye do the office of a
midwife to the Hebrew women,
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and see them upon the stools: if
it be a son, then ye shall kill
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him: but if it be a
daughter, then she shall live.
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But the midwives feared
God, and did not as the king
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of Egypt commanded them, but
saved the men children alive.
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And the king of Egypt
called for the midwives,
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and said unto them, Why have ye
done this thing, and have saved
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the men children alive? And
the midwives said unto Pharaoh,
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because the Hebrew women
are not as the Egyptian women;
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for they are lively, and
are delivered ere the midwives
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come in unto them. Therefore God
dealt well with the midwives:
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and the people multiplied,
and waxed very mighty.
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And it came to pass,
because the midwives feared God,
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that he made them houses. And
Pharaoh charged all his people,
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saying, Every son that is born
ye shall cast into the river,
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and every daughter
ye shall save alive.
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We'll continue reading
now in Exodus, chapter two,
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This is the King James
Version. And there went a man
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of the house of Levi, and
took to wife a daughter of Levi.
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And the woman conceived, and
bare a son: and when she saw him
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and that he was a goodly
child, she hid him three months.
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And when she could not longer
hide him, she took for him
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an ark of bulrushes, and daubed
it with slime and with pitch,
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and put the child therein;
and she laid it in the flags
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by the river's brink. And
his sister stood afar off,
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to wit what would be done to
him. And the daughter of Pharaoh
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came down to wash herself at the
river; and her maidens walked
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along by the river's side; and
when she saw the ark among the
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flags, she sent her maid
to fetch it. And when she had
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opened it, she saw the child:
and behold, the babe wept.
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And she had compassion on him,
and said, This is one of the
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Hebrews' children. Then said
his sister to Pharaoh's daughter
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Shall I go and call to thee
a nurse of the Hebrew women,
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that she may nurse the child
for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter
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said to her, Go. And the
maid went and called the child's
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mother. And Pharaoh's daughter
said unto her, Take this child
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away, and nurse if for me,
and I will give thee thy wages.
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And the woman took the child,
and nursed it. And the child
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grew, and she brought
him unto Pharaoh's daughter,
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and he became her son.
And she called his name Moses:
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and she said, Because I
drew him out of the water.
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And it came to pass in those
days, when Moses was grown,
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that he went out unto his
brethren, and looked on their
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burdens: and he spied an
Egyptian smiting an Hebrew,
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one of his brethren. And he
looked this way and that way,
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and when he saw that there was
no man, he slew the Egyptian,
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and hid him in the sand. And
when he went out the second day,
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behold two men of the Hebrews
strove together: and he said
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to him that did the
wrong, Wherefore smitest thou
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thy fellow? And he said, Who
made thee a prince and a judge
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over us? intendest thou to kill
me as thou killedst the Egyptian
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And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is known.
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Now when Pharaoh heard this
thing, he sought to slay Moses.
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But Moses fled from the face of
Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land
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of Midian: and he sat down by
a well. Now the priest of Midian
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had seven daughters: and
they came and drew water,
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and filled the troughs to
water their father's flock.
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And the shepherds
came and drove them away:
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but Moses stood up and helped
them, and watered their flock.
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And when they came to Reuel,
their father, he said, How is it
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that ye are come so soon today?
and they said, An Egyptian
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delivered us out of the hand
of the shepherds, and also drew
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water enough for us,
and watered the flock.
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And he said unto his
daughters, And where is he?
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why is it that ye have left the
man? call him, that he may eat
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bread. And Moses was content to
dwell with the man: and he gave
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Moses Zipporah his daughter,
and she bare him a son,
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and he called his name Gershom:
for he said, I have been
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a stranger in a strange land.
And it came to pass in process
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of time, that the king of Egypt
died: and the children of Israel
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sighed by reason of the bondage,
and they cried, and their cry
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came up unto God by reason
of the bondage. And God heard
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their groaning, and
God remembered his covenant
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with Abraham, with
Isaac, and with Jacob.
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And God looked upon
the children of Israel,
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and God had respect unto them.
Continuing now with chapter 3.
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Now Moses kept the flock
of Jethro his father in law,
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the priest of Midian: and he led
the flock to the backside of the
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desert, and came to the
mountain of God, even to Horeb.
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And the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a flame of
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fire out of the midst of a bush:
and he looked, and, behold,
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the bush burned with fire,
and the bush was not consumed.
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And Moses said, I will now turn
aside, and see this great sight,
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why the bush is not burnt. And
when the Lord saw that he turned
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aside to see, God called unto
him out of the midst of the bush
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and said, Moses, Moses. And
he said, Here am I. And he said,
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Draw not nigh hither: put
off thy shoes from off thy feet,
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for the place whereon
thou standest is holy ground.
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Moreover he said, I
am the God of thy father,
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the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
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And Moses hid his face; for
he was afraid to look upon God.
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And the Lord said, I have surely
seen the affliction of my people
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which are in Egypt, and have
heard their cry by reason of
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their taskmasters; for I know
their sorrows; And I am come
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down to deliver them out
of the hand of the Egyptians,
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and to bring them up out
of that land unto a good land
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and a large, unto a land
flowing with milk and honey;
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unto the place of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites,
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and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites,
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and the Jebusites. Now
therefore, behold, the cry of
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the children of Israel is come
unto me: and I have also seen
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the oppression wherewith
the Egyptians oppress them.
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Come now therefore, and I
will send thee unto Pharaoh,
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that thou mayest bring forth
my people the children of Israel
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out of Egypt. And Moses
said unto God, Who am I,
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that I should go unto Pharaoh,
and that I should bring forth
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the children of Israel
out of Egypt? And he said,
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Certainly I will be with
thee; and this shall be a token
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unto thee, that I have sent
thee: When thou hast brought
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forth the people out of Egypt,
ye shall serve God upon this
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mountain. And Moses said unto
God, Behold, when I come unto
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the children of Israel,
and shall say unto them,
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The God of your
fathers hath sent me unto you;
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and they shall say
to me, What is his name?
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what shall I say unto
them? And God said unto Moses,
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I am that I am: and he said,
Thus shalt thou say unto the
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children of Israel, I
AM hath sent me unto you.
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And God said moreover
unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say
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unto the children of Israel,
The Lord God of your fathers,
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the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac and the God of Jacob,
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hath sent me unto you;
this is my name for ever,
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and this is my memorial unto
all generations. Go, and gather
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the elders of Israel together,
and say unto them, The Lord God
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of your fathers, The God of
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,
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appeared unto me, saying,
I have surely visited you,
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and seen that which is done to
you in Egypt: And I have said, I
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will bring you up out of
the affliction of Egypt unto the
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land of the Canaanites, and
the Hittites, and the Amorites,
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and the Perizzites, and
the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
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unto a land flowing
with milk and honey.
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And they shall hearken to
thy voice: and thou shalt come,
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thou and the elders of
Israel, unto the king of Egypt,
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And ye shall say unto him,
The Lord God of the Hebrews
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hath met with us: and now
let us go, we beseech thee,
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three days' journey into the
wilderness that we may sacrifice
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to the Lord our God. And I am
sure that the king of Egypt will
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not let you go, no, not by a
mighty hand. And I will stretch
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out my hand, and smite Egypt
with all my wonders which I
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will do in the midst thereof:
and after that he will let
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you go. And I will give this
people favor in the sight of
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the Egyptians: and it shall
come to pass, what, when ye go,
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ye shall not go empty:
But every woman shall borrow
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of her neighbor, and of her
that sojourneth in her house,
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jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold, and raiment
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and ye shall put them upon your
sons, and upon your daughters;
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and ye shall spoil the Egyptians
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Continuing to read in the
book of Exodus, in chapter 4.
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And Moses answered and
said, But, behold, they will not
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believe me, nor hearken unto
my voice: for they will say,
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The Lord hath not appeared unto
thee. And the Lord said unto him
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What is that in thine hand?
And he said, A rod. And he said,
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cast it on the ground.
And he cast it on the ground,
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and it became a serpent;
and Moses fled from before it.
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And the Lord said unto
Moses, Put forth thine hand,
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and take it by the tail.
An he put forth his hand,
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and caught it, and it
became a rod in his hand:
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That they may believe that
the Lord God of their fathers,
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the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
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hath appeared unto thee.
And the Lord said furthermore
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unto him, Put now thine hand
into thy bosom. And he put his
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hand into his bosom; and when
he took it out, behold his hand
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was leprous as snow. And he
said, Put thine hand into thy
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bosom again. And he put
his hand into his bosom again;
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and plucked it out of his bosom,
and, behold, it was turned again
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as his other flesh.
And it shall come to pass,
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if they will not
believe thee, neither hearken
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to the voice of the first sign,
that they will believe the voice
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of the latter sign. And it shall
come to pass, if they will not
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believe also these two signs,
neither hearken unto thy voice,
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that thou shalt take of the
water of the river, and pour
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it upon the dry land: and
the water which thou takest out
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of the river shall
become blood upon the dry land.
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And Moses said unto the Lord,
O my Lord, I am not eloquent,
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neither heretofore,
nor since thou hast spoken
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unto thy servant: but I am slow
of speech, and of a slow tongue.
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And the Lord said unto
him, Who hath made man's mouth?
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or who maketh the dumb, or deaf,
or the seeing, or the blind?
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have not I the Lord? Now
therefore go, and I will be
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with thy mouth, and
teach thee what thou shalt say.
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And he said, O my Lord, send,
I pray thee, by the hand of
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whom thou wilt send. And the
anger of the Lord was kindled
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against Moses, and he
said, Is not Aaron the Levite
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thy brother? I know that he can
speak well. And also, behold,
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he cometh forth to meet
thee: and when he seeth thee,
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he will be glad in his heart.
And thou shalt speak unto him
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and put words in his mouth:
and I will be with thy mouth,
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and with his mouth, and
will teach you what ye shall do.
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And he shall be thy spokesman
unto the people: and he shall be
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even he shall be to thee instead
of a mouth, and thou shalt be
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to him instead of God. And thou
shalt take this rod in thine
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hand, wherewith thou shalt
do signs. And Moses went and
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returned to Jethro his father
in law, and said unto him,
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Let me go, I pray thee,
and return unto my brethren
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which are in Egypt, and
see whether they be yet alive.
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And Jethro said to
Moses, go in peace.
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And the Lord said unto Moses in
Midian, Go, return into Egypt:
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for all the men are
dead, which sought thy life.
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And Moses took his wife
and his sons, and set them upon
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an ass, and he returned to the
land of Egypt: and Moses took
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the rod of God in his
hand. Please join with me
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again as we read the
story of Moses in Egypt.
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Until then, may God
keep you in his care. Goodbye
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