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| 6:1 |
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."
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| 6:2 |
God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD.
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| 6:3 |
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.
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| 6:4 |
I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as aliens.
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| 6:5 |
Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
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| 6:6 |
"Therefore, say to the Israelites: `I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
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| 6:7 |
I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
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| 6:8 |
And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.' "
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| 6:9 |
Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage.
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| 6:10 |
Then the LORD said to Moses,
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| 6:11 |
"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country."
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| 6:12 |
But Moses said to the LORD, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?"
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| 6:13 |
Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
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| 6:14 |
These were the heads of their families: The sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
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| 6:15 |
The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
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| 6:16 |
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
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| 6:17 |
The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.
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| 6:18 |
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
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| 6:19 |
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi according to their records.
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| 6:20 |
Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
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| 6:21 |
The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zicri.
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| 6:22 |
The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
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| 6:23 |
Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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| 6:24 |
The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.
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| 6:25 |
Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.
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| 6:26 |
It was this same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions."
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| 6:27 |
They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron.
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| 6:28 |
Now when the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,
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| 6:29 |
he said to him, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you."
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| 6:30 |
But Moses said to the LORD, "Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?"
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