Exodus 6:28–7:7

²⁸Now it came about on the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

²⁹that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “^aI am the Lord; ^bspeak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.”

³⁰But Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, I am ^1aunskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”

Chapter 7

“I Will Stretch Out My Hand”

¹Then the Lord said to Moses, “^aSee, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.

²“You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother ^aAaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

³“But ^aI will harden Pharaoh’s heart that I may ^bmultiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

⁴“When ^aPharaoh does not listen to you, then I will lay My hand on Egypt and ^bbring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by ^cgreat judgments.

⁵“^aThe Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I ^bstretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.”

⁶So Moses and Aaron did it; ^aas the Lord commanded them, thus they did.

⁷Moses was ^aeighty years old and Aaron ¹eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.