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Exodus 5

The Second Book of Moses, Called Exodus

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Chapter 6

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  Yahweh said to Moses, 'Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land.'  

 

 

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  God spoke to Moses, and said to him, 'I am Yahweh;  

 

 

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  and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.  

 

 

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  I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.  

 

 

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  Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.  

 

 

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  Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, 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 an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:  

 

 

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  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 Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.  

 

 

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  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 Yahweh.''  

 

 

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  Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.  

 

 

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  Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,  

 

 

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  'Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.'  

 

 

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  Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, 'Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?'  

 

 

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  Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.  

 

 

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  These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.  

 

 

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  The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.  

 

 

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  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 one hundred thirty-seven years.  

 

 

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  The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.  

 

 

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  The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.  

 

 

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  The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.  

 

 

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  Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.  

 

 

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  The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.  

 

 

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  The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.  

 

 

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  Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.  

 

 

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  The sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.  

 

 

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  Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.  

 

 

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  These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, 'Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.'  

 

 

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  These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.  

 

 

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  It happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,  

 

 

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  that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 'I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.'  

 

 

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  Moses said before Yahweh, 'Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?'  

 

 

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Exodus 7

 

 

 

 

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