Exodus 6:28–7:7

God Repeats His Call to Moses

²⁸The Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt ²⁹and said, “I am the Lord. Tell the king of Egypt everything I tell you.”

³⁰But Moses answered, “I am not a good speaker. The king will not listen to me.”

7The Lord said to Moses, “I have made you like God to the king of Egypt, and your brother Aaron will be like a prophet for you. ²Tell Aaron your brother everything that I command you, and let him tell the king of Egypt to let the Israelites leave his country. ³But I will make the king stubborn. I will do many miracles in Egypt, ⁴but he will still refuse to listen. So then I will punish Egypt terribly, and I will lead my divisions, my people the Israelites, out of that land. ⁵I will punish Egypt with my power, and I will bring the Israelites out of that land. Then they will know I am the Lord.”

⁶Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them. ⁷Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to the king.