Exodus 4:10–17

¹⁰Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but ^gI am slow of speech and ²slow of tongue.”

¹¹So 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? ¹²Now therefore, go, and I will be ⁱwith your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”

¹³But he said, “O my Lord, ^jplease send by the hand of whomever else You may send.”

¹⁴So ^kthe anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your ^lbrother? I know that he can speak well. And look, ^mhe is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. ¹⁵Now ⁿyou shall speak to him and ^oput the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and ^pI will teach you what you shall do. ¹⁶So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and ^qyou shall be to him as God. ¹⁷And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”