{"id":361,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo04\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T19:52:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T23:52:02","slug":"exo04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo04\/","title":{"rendered":"Exodus 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 4<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the LORD said unto him, What <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> leprous as snow.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">other<\/span> flesh.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> upon the dry <span class=\"add\">land:<\/span> and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry <span class=\"add\">land. <\/span> <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I <span class=\"add\">am<\/span> not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I <span class=\"add\">am<\/span> slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man\u2019s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand <span class=\"add\">of him whom<\/span> thou wilt send.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, <span class=\"add\">Is<\/span> 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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 <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> my son, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> my firstborn:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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, <span class=\"add\">even<\/span> thy firstborn. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast <span class=\"add\">it<\/span> at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband <span class=\"add\">art<\/span> thou to me.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband <span class=\"add\">thou art,<\/span> because of the circumcision. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\">31\u00a0<\/a><\/span>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. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Exodus Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo32\">32<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo33\">33<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo34\">34<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo35\">35<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo36\">36<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo37\">37<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo38\">38<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo39\">39<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/exo40\">40<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 1\u00a0And 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. 2\u00a0And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3\u00a0And 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. 4\u00a0And 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: 5\u00a0That 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. 6\u00a0And 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. 7\u00a0And 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. 8\u00a0And 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. 9\u00a0And 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. 10\u00a0And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-exodus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3181,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions\/3181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}