Moses Given Powerful Signs
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Then Moses answered and said, "But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.' "
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So the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."
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And He said, "Cast it on the ground." So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Reach out your hand and take it by the tail" (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),
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"that they may a believe that the b LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
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Furthermore the LORD said to him, "Now put your hand in your bosom." And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, c like snow.
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And He said, "Put your hand in your bosom again." So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, d it was restored like his other flesh.
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"Then it will be, if they do not believe you, nor heed the message of the e first sign, that they may believe the message of the latter sign.
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"And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land. f The water which you take from the river will become blood on the dry land."
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Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but g I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
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So the LORD said to him, h "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?
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"Now therefore, go, and I will be i with your mouth and teach you what you shall say."
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But he said, "O my Lord, j please send by the hand of whomever else You may send."
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So k the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He said: "Is not Aaron the Levite your l brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, m he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
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"Now n you shall speak to him and o put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and p I will teach you what you shall do.
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"So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and q you shall be to him as God.
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"And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."
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Cross References
Exodus 4:31
So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Exodus 19:9
And the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
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Cross References
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
Genesis 48:15
And he blessed Joseph, and said: "God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has fed me all my life long to this day.
Exodus 3:6
Moreover He said, "I am the God of your father - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
Exodus 3:15
Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.
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Cross References
Numbers 12:10
And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper.
2 Kings 5:27
Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your descendants forever." And he went out from his presence leprous, as white as snow.
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Cross References
Numbers 12:13 - 15
So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "Please heal her, O God, I pray!
Deuteronomy 32:39
Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
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Cross References
Exodus 7:6 - 13
Then Moses and Aaron did so; just as the LORD commanded them, so they did.
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Exodus 7:19
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.'
Exodus 7:20
And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD commanded. So he lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. And all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
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Cross References
Exodus 3:11
But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Exodus 4:1
Then Moses answered and said, "But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'
Exodus 6:12
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?
Jeremiah 1:6
Then said I: "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.
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Cross References
Psalms 94:9
He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
Psalms 146:8
The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous.
Matthew 11:5
The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Luke 1:20
"But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time."
Luke 1:64
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God.
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Cross References
Exodus 4:15
Now you shall speak to him and put the words in...
Exodus 4:16
So he shall be your spokesman to the people. An...
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a Prophet like you fro...
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the lea...
Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my...
Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, do not worry abou...
Mark 13:11
But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do...
Luke 12:11
Now when they bring you to the synagogues and m...
Luke 12:12
"For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that ver...
Luke 21:14
Therefore settle it in your hearts not to medit...
Luke 21:15
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which al...
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Cross References
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
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Cross References
Numbers 11:1
Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.
Numbers 11:33
But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was aroused against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.
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Cross References
Numbers 26:59
The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.
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Exodus 4:27
And the LORD said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." So he went and met him on the mountain of God, and kissed him.
1 Samuel 10:2
"When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, 'The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'
1 Samuel 10:3
Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor. There three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
1 Samuel 10:5
After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.
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Cross References
Exodus 4:12
"Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say."
Exodus 4:30
And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people.
Exodus 7:1
So the LORD said to Moses: "See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
Exodus 7:2
You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land.
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Cross References
Numbers 23:5
Then the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and...
Numbers 23:12
So he answered and said, "Must I not take heed ...
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a Prophet like you fro...
2 Samuel 14:3
Go to the king and speak to him in this manner....
2 Samuel 14:19
So the king said, " Is the hand of Joab with yo...
Isaiah 51:16
And I have put My words in your mouth; I have c...
Isaiah 59:21
"As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenan...
Jeremiah 1:9
Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my...
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:31
'But as for you, stand here by Me, and I will speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I am giving them to possess.'
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Cross References
Exodus 7:1
So the LORD said to Moses: "See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
Exodus 7:2
You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land.
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