Exodus 5

[1] And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the

LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in

the wilderness.

[2] And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let

Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

[3] And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we

pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD

our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

[4] And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron,

let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

[5] And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye

make them rest from their burdens.

[6] And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and

their officers, saying,

[7] Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let

them go and gather straw for themselves.

[8] And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay

upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore

they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

[9] Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein;

and let them not regard vain words.

[10] And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and

they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you

straw.

[11] Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work

shall be diminished.

[12] So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to

gather stubble instead of straw.

[13] And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily

tasks, as when there was straw.

[14] And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters

had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not

fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as

heretofore?

[15] Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto

Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

[16] There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make

brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own

people.

[17] But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and

do sacrifice to the LORD.

[18] Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet

shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

[19] And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in

evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of

your daily task.

[20] And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth

from Pharaoh:

[21] And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye

have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes

of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.



God Promises Deliverance



22 Moses returned to the Lord, and said, "Lord, why have

You caused trouble for this people? Why is it that You have sent me?

23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name,

he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at

all."



[22] And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou

so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

[23] For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to

this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.



EXODUS 6

1 (Ex 12:33; 12:39) Then 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."

2 (Isa 42:8; Mal 3:6) Then God spoke to Moses, and said to him,

"I am the Lord,

3 (Ps 83:18; Ge 17:1; Ps 68:4) and I appeared to Abraham,

to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by My name,

The Lord, I was not known to them.

4 (Ge 15:18; 28:4) I have also established

My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan,

the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they sojourned.

5 (Ex 2:24)

I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel,

whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.

6 (Dt 26:8; 7:8; 1Ch 17:21) "Therefore say to the children of Israel:

'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 a stretched-out arm and with great judgments.

7 (Dt 4:20; 7:6 ) And 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.

8 (Ge 15:18; 26:3) I 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 a heritage. I am the Lord.' "

9 (Ex 5:21) Moses spoke so to the children of Israel,

but they did not listen to Moses on account of

their anguish of spirit and for cruel ­bondage.

10 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 (Ex 4:10; 6:30) Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, "The children

of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me,

as I am of uncircumcised lips?"

13 And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command

for the children of Israel, and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring

the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.



[1] Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou 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.

[2] And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:

[3] And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of

God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

[4] And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land

of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

[5] And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the

Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

[6] Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, 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 a stretched out arm, and

with great judgments:

[7] And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and

ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under

the burdens of the Egyptians.

[8] And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear

to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an

heritage: I am the LORD.

[9] And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not

unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

[10] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

[11] Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of

Israel go out of his land.

[12] And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel

have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of

uncircumcised lips?

[13] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge

unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the

children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.



The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron



14 (Ge 46:9; 1Ch 5:3 ) These are the heads of their fathers' houses:

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:

Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi. These are the families of Reuben.

15 (Ge 46:10; 1Ch 4:24) The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad,

Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

These are the families of Simeon.

16 (Ge 46:11; Nu 3:17) These are the names of 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 years.

17 (1Ch 6:17; Nu 3:18) The sons of Gershon: Libni, and Shimei,

according to their families.

18 (1Ch 6:2; 6:18) The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel,

and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three years.

19 (Nu 3:20; 1Ch 6:19) The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.

These are the families of Levi according to their generations.

20 (Ex 2:1-2; Nu 26:59) Now Amram married Jochebed his father's sister,

and she bore him Aaron and Moses.

And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven years.

21 (Nu 16:1; 1Ch 6:37-38) The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri.

22 (Lev 10:4; Nu 3:30) The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

23 (Ru 4:19-20; Nu 1:7) Aaron took to himself Elisheba,

daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, to wife;

and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24 (1Ch 6:22-23) The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.

These are the families of the Ko­rah­ites.

25 (Jos 24:33; Nu 25:7-13) Eleazar, Aaron's son,

married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.

These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

26 (Ex 7:4; 12:17) It was that Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said,

"Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt

according to their armies."

27 They are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt

to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. It was that Moses and Aaron.



[14] These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the

firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the

families of Reuben.

[15] And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and

Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of

Simeon.

[16] And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their

generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of

Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

[17] The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

[18] And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and

the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

[19] And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of

Levi according to their generations.

[20] And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare

him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and

thirty and seven years.

[21] And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

[22] And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

[23] And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon,

to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

[24] And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the

families of the Korhites.

[25] And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to

wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the

Levites according to their families.

[26] These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the

children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

[27] These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the

children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.



Aaron to Speak for Moses



28 On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

29 (Ex 6:11; 7:2) the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the Lord.

Speak to Pharaoh the king of Egypt all that I say to you."

30 (Ex 6:12; 4:10) However, Moses said before the Lord,

"Listen! I am unskilled in speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?"



[28] And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the

land of Egypt,

[29] That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto

Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

[30] And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and

how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?