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God Promises Action

¹ Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for ^(F1)(C1)under compulsion he will let them go, and ^(F1)under compulsion he will drive them out of his land."

² God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am ^(C1)the LORD;³ and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as ^(F1)(C1)God Almighty, but by ^(C2)My name, ^(F2)LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.⁴ "I also established ^(C1)My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the ^(F1)land in which they lived as strangers.⁵ "Furthermore I have ^(C1)heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.⁶ "Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, '^(C1)I am the LORD, and ^(C2)I will bring you out from under the labors of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their bondage. I will also ^(C3)redeem you with ^(C4)an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.⁷ 'Then I will take you ^(F1)(C1)as My people, and ^(C2)I will be ^(F2)your God; and ^(C3)you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the labors of the Egyptians.⁸ 'I will bring you to the land which ^(C1)I ^(F1)swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ^(C2)I will give it to you as a possession; ^(C3)I am the LORD.'"⁹ So Moses said this to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on ^(C1)account of their ^(F1)despondency and cruel bondage.

¹⁰ Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,¹¹ "^(C1)Go, ^(F1)tell Pharaoh king of Egypt ^(F2)to let the sons of Israel go out of his land."¹² But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; ^(C1)how then will Pharaoh listen to me, as I am ^(F1)(C2)unskilled in speech?"¹³ Nevertheless, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command concerning the sons of Israel and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Heads of Israel

¹⁴ These are the heads of their fathers' households. ^(C1)The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.¹⁵ And the ^(C1)sons of Simeon: ^(F1)Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.¹⁶ And these are the names of ^(C1)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and the ^(F1)length of Levi's life was 137 years.^17 (C1)The sons of Gershon: ^(F1)Libni and Shimei, according to their families.¹⁸ And ^(C1)the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the ^(F1)length of Kohath's life was 133 years.¹⁹ And ^(C1)the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.²⁰ Now ^(C1)Amram ^(F1)married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the ^(F2)length of Amram's life was 137 years.²¹ And ^(C1)the sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.²² And ^(C1)the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, ^(F1)Elzaphan, and Sithri.²³ Aaron ^(F1)married Elisheba, the daughter of ^(C1)Amminadab, the sister of ^(C2)Nahshon, and she bore him ^(C3)Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.²⁴ And the ^(C1)sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and ^(F1)Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.²⁵ Now Aaron's son ^(C1)Eleazar ^(F1)married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him ^(C2)Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites according to their families.²⁶ It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "^(C1)Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their ^(F1)(C2)multitudes."²⁷ They were the ones ^(C1)who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt ^(F1)about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

²⁸ Now it came about on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,²⁹ that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "^(C1)I am the LORD; ^(C2)say to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you."³⁰ But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am ^(F1)(C1)unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"