Exodus 6:12

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But Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, "The Israelites have not listened to me. Why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?"

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  • Exod 4:10 : 10 Moses said to the LORD, 'Pardon me, Lord, but I am not eloquent—neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.'
  • Exod 6:30 : 30 But Moses said to the LORD, 'Behold, I am unskilled in speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?'
  • Jer 1:6 : 6 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! I do not know how to speak because I am too young.'
  • Jer 6:10 : 10 To whom can I speak and give warning so they will listen? Their ears are closed, and they cannot pay attention. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they take no pleasure in it.
  • Exod 6:9 : 9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.
  • Exod 3:13 : 13 Then Moses said to God, 'Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, "The God of your ancestors has sent me to you," and they ask me, "What is his name?" What should I tell them?'
  • Exod 4:29-31 : 29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered all the elders of the Israelites. 30 Aaron spoke all the words that the LORD had spoken to Moses, and he performed the signs in the sight of the people. 31 The people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had taken notice of the Israelites and had seen their suffering, they bowed down and worshiped.
  • Exod 5:19-21 : 19 The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, "You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you each day." 20 When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them, 21 They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."
  • Lev 26:41 : 41 so that I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their punishment for their iniquity,
  • Deut 30:6 : 6 The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 6:27-30
    4 verses
    94%

    27They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this is Moses and Aaron.

    28Now it came to pass on the day the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

    29that the LORD said to Moses, 'I am the LORD. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, everything I tell you.'

    30But Moses said to the LORD, 'Behold, I am unskilled in speech, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?'

  • Exod 6:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

    11"Go and speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, that he may let the Israelites leave his land."

  • Exod 6:13
    78%

    13The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and commanded them to speak to the Israelites and to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 4:10-12
    3 verses
    78%

    10Moses said to the LORD, 'Pardon me, Lord, but I am not eloquent—neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.'

    11The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

    12Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.'

  • Exod 4:1
    75%

    1Then Moses answered and said, 'What if they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?

  • Exod 3:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.'

    11But Moses said to God, 'Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'

  • Jer 6:10
    73%

    10To whom can I speak and give warning so they will listen? Their ears are closed, and they cannot pay attention. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they take no pleasure in it.

  • Num 14:13
    72%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

  • Num 12:8
    71%

    8With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?'

  • Num 27:15
    71%

    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

  • Exod 5:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why did you send me?"

    23Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and you have not rescued your people at all."

  • Exod 6:2
    70%

    2God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD."

  • Lev 6:1
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Jer 1:6
    70%

    6Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! I do not know how to speak because I am too young.'

  • Num 14:26
    70%

    26Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

  • Exod 14:1
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 18:1
    70%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • 1 Sam 6:6
    70%

    6Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he dealt severely with them, didn’t they let the Israelites go, and they departed?

  • Num 11:11
    70%

    11So Moses said to the LORD, 'Why have You brought trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all these people on me?

  • Num 6:22
    70%

    22The LORD said to Moses:

  • Exod 9:12
    70%

    12But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said to Moses.

  • Num 11:23
    69%

    23The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.'

  • Num 12:2
    69%

    2They said, 'Is it only through Moses that the LORD has spoken? Hasn't He also spoken through us?' And the LORD heard this.

  • Exod 10:3
    69%

    3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.'

  • Exod 14:15
    69%

    15Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move forward.

  • Exod 7:16
    69%

    16Then say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But so far you have not listened.'

  • Exod 16:11
    69%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 24:13
    69%

    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 6:1
    69%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 12:1
    69%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:

  • Exod 11:9
    69%

    9The LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, in order that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."

  • Exod 33:12
    69%

    12Moses said to the LORD, 'See, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My eyes.’

  • Exod 8:20
    69%

    20And the LORD did as He said. Dense swarms of flies entered Pharaoh’s palace, the houses of his officials, and throughout Egypt, and the land was ruined because of the flies.

  • Exod 10:1
    69%

    1The LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, so that I may perform these signs of mine among them."

  • Exod 4:15
    69%

    15You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what to do.

  • Exod 7:2
    68%

    2You shall speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron will speak to Pharaoh, so that he may let the Israelites go out of his land.

  • Exod 34:34
    68%

    34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. When he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,