Exodus 6:28–7:7

MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH

²⁸On the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹he said to him, “I am the Lord;^v tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I am telling you.”

³⁰But Moses replied in the Lord’s presence, “Since I am such a poor speaker,^w how will Pharaoh listen to me?”

7The Lord answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. ²You must say whatever I command you; then Aaron your brother must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go from his land. ³But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart^x and multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put my hand into Egypt and bring the military divisions of my people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. ⁵The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord^a when I stretch out my hand^b against Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them.”

⁶So Moses and Aaron did this; they did just as the Lord commanded them. ⁷Moses was eighty years old^c and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.