Exodus 6:28–7:7

Aaron is Moses’ Spokesman

²⁸And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord. ^mSpeak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.”

³⁰But Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, ⁿI am ⁴of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?”

7So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you ^aas God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be ^byour prophet. ²You ^cshall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land. ³And ^dI will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and ^emultiply My ^fsigns and My wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴But ^gPharaoh will not heed you, so ^hthat I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My ¹armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt ⁱby great judgments. ⁵And the Egyptians ^jshall know that I am the Lord, when I ^kstretch out My hand on Egypt and ^lbring out the children of Israel from among them.”

⁶Then Moses and Aaron ^mdid so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did. ⁷And Moses was ⁿeighty years old and ^oAaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.