Exodus 6:28–7:7

Moses and Aaron Obey God’s Commands

²⁸On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹the Lord said to Moses, “I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking to you.”^{* 30}But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I am a poor speaker,ⁿ why should Pharaoh listen to me?”^*

⁷The Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.^{* 2}You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.^{* 3}But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.^{* 4}When Pharaoh does not listen to you, I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring my people the Israelites, company by company, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.^{* 5}The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”^{* 6}Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.^{* 7}Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.^*