C.
Three subjective signs of being called and sent by God
4:1-9
Exo. 4
:1
4:1
Then Moses answered and said, What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice, but say, Jehovah has not appeared to you?
Exo. 4
:2
4:2
And Jehovah said to him, What is this in your hand? And he said, A
astaff.
Exo. 4
:3
4:3
And He said, Throw it on the ground. And he threw it on the ground, and it became a
1serpent; and Moses recoiled from it.
Exo. 4
:4
4:4
And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out your hand, and take
it by its tail — so he stretched out his hand and seized it, and it became a staff in his hand —
Exo. 4
:5
4:5
That they may
abelieve that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the
bGod of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has
cappeared to you.
Exo. 4
:6
4:6
And Jehovah further said to him, Now put your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, there his hand was,
aleprous,
as white as snow.
Exo. 4
:7
4:7
And He said, Put your hand into your bosom again — so he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, there it was, restored like
the rest of his
aflesh —
Exo. 4
:8
4:8
And if they do not believe you or
1heed the first sign, then they may
2believe the next sign.
Exo. 4
:9
4:9
And if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, then you shall take some of the water of the River and pour
it on the dry ground, and the water that you take out of the River will become
ablood upon the dry ground.
D.
The male help and the female help to the called one
4:10-31
Exo. 4
:10
4:10
And Moses said to Jehovah, Please, Lord, I am not a man of words, neither in the past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am
1aslow of speech and slow of tongue.
Exo. 4
:11
4:11
And Jehovah said to him, Who gave man a
amouth? Or who makes
him adumb or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah?
Exo. 4
:12
4:12
Now go therefore, and I will be with your
amouth and will
bteach you what you shall speak.
Exo. 4
:13
4:13
And he said, Please, Lord, send
word by sending someone
else.
Exo. 4
:14
4:14
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and He said, Is there not
1Aaron your brother the Levite? I know that he can certainly speak. And even now he is coming out to
ameet you; and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
Exo. 4
:15
4:15
And you shall
aspeak to him and
bput the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
Exo. 4
:16
4:16
And he shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be as
aGod to him.
Exo. 4
:17
4:17
And you shall take in your hand this
astaff, with which you shall perform the signs.
Exo. 4
:18
4:18
And Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law. And he said to him, Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Exo. 4
:19
4:19
And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt; for all the men who were
aseeking your life have died.
Exo. 4
:20
4:20
So Moses took his wife and his
asons, and mounted them upon a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the
bstaff of God in his hand.
Exo. 4
:21
4:21
And Jehovah said to Moses, When you go to return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the
awonders which I have put in your power; but I will
bharden his heart, and he will
cnot let the people go.
Exo. 4
:22
4:22
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says Jehovah, Israel is My
ason, My
1bfirstborn.
Exo. 4
:23
4:23
And I said to you, Let My son go that he may
aserve Me; but you have refused to let him go. I will now
bslay your son, your
cfirstborn.
Exo. 4
:24
4:24
And at the lodging place on the way, Jehovah came upon him and sought to put him to death.
Exo. 4
:25
4:25
Then aZipporah took a flint and
1cut off her son’s foreskin and cast
it at
Moses’ feet, and she said, You are indeed a
2bridegroom of blood to me!
Exo. 4
:26
4:26
So He let him alone. It was then that she said, A bridegroom of blood, because of the circumcision.
Exo. 4
:27
4:27
And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to
ameet Moses. And he went and came upon him at the
bmountain of God, and he kissed him.
Exo. 4
:28
4:28
And Moses told Aaron all the
awords of Jehovah with which He had sent him and all the signs with which He had charged him.
Exo. 4
:29
4:29
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the
aelders of the children of Israel.
Exo. 4
:30
4:30
And Aaron spoke all the words which Jehovah had spoken to Moses, and he performed the signs in the sight of the people.
Exo. 4
:31
4:31
And the people
abelieved; and when they heard that Jehovah had
bvisited the children of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, they
cbowed and worshipped.
