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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country." |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself fully known to them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.'" |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then the LORD said to Moses, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country." |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But Moses said to the LORD, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?" |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14These were the heads of their families: The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi according to their records. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions." |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt--this same Moses and Aaron. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Now when the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt, |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29he said to him, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you." |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30But Moses said to the LORD, "Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?" |
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