Exodus 3:11

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And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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  • Exod 6:12 : 12 And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?
  • 1 Sam 18:18 : 18 And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?
  • 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;
  • Isa 6:5-8 : 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies. 6 Then a winged one came to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from off the altar with the fire-spoon. 7 And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin. 8 And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.
  • Jer 1:6 : 6 Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
  • Acts 7:23-25 : 23 But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow: 25 And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?
  • 2 Sam 7:18 : 18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
  • 1 Kgs 3:7 : 7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9 : 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
  • Exod 4:10-13 : 10 And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue. 11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say. 13 And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

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  • Exod 3:9-10
    2 verses
    87%

    9For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.

    10Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

  • Exod 3:12-16
    5 verses
    82%

    12And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.

    13And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them?

    14And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

    15And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.

    16Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;

  • Exod 10:8
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    8Then Moses and Aaron came in again before Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go and give worship to the Lord your God: but which of you are going?

  • Exod 6:10-13
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    78%

    10And the Lord said to Moses,

    11Go in and say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he is to let the children of Israel go out of his land.

    12And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean?

    13And the word of the Lord came to Moses and Aaron, with orders for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

  • Num 14:13
    78%

    13And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Exod 10:3
    77%

    3Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 5:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land.

    2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

  • Exod 19:3
    77%

    3And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:

  • Exod 6:29-30
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    29The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying to you.

    30And Moses said to the Lord, My lips are unclean; how is it possible that Pharaoh will give me a hearing?

  • Num 11:11
    77%

    11And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?

  • Exod 9:1
    77%

    1Then the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 33:12
    77%

    12And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.

  • Exod 3:6-7
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    77%

    6And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

    7And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

  • Exod 4:10-11
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    76%

    10And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.

    11And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

  • Exod 5:22
    75%

    22And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

  • Exod 4:1
    75%

    1And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

  • Exod 9:13
    75%

    13And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh, and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Acts 7:32
    75%

    32I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

  • Exod 3:4
    75%

    4And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

  • Exod 7:16
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    16And say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go so that they may give me worship in the waste land; but up to now you have not given ear to his words.

  • Exod 32:11
    75%

    11But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

  • Exod 11:4
    75%

    4And Moses said, This is what the Lord says: About the middle of the night I will go out through Egypt:

  • Exod 2:14
    75%

    14And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.

  • Exod 4:13
    74%

    13And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

  • Exod 6:2
    74%

    2And God said to Moses, I am Yahweh:

  • Exod 8:1
    74%

    1And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him, The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 8:20
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    20And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh when he comes out to the water; and say to him, This is what the Lord says: Let my people go to give me worship.

  • Gen 46:3
    74%

    3And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

  • Acts 7:34
    74%

    34Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

  • Exod 33:15
    74%

    15And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.

  • Exod 14:11
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    11And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

  • Num 16:28
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    28And Moses said, Now you will see that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and I have not done them of myself.

  • Exod 14:15
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    15And the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? give the children of Israel the order to go forward.

  • Exod 10:1
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    1And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have made his heart and the hearts of his servants hard, so that I may let my signs be seen among them:

  • Exod 7:1
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    1And the Lord said to Moses, See I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet.

  • Exod 11:9
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    9And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.

  • Mic 6:4
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    4For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

  • Exod 17:4
    73%

    4And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.