Exodus 4:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then Moses said to the LORD,“O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

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  • Jer 1:6 : 6 I answered,“Oh, Sovereign LORD, Really I do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young.”
  • Exod 6:12 : 12 But Moses replied to the LORD,“If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?”
  • Acts 7:22 : 22 So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.
  • Exod 4:1 : 1 The Source of Sufficiency Moses answered again,“And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say,‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?”
  • 2 Cor 11:6 : 6 And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.
  • Job 12:2 : 2 “Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
  • 1 Cor 2:1-4 : 1 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God. 2 For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling. 4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 because some say,“His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

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    28The Authentication of the Word When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

    29he said to him,“I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.”

    30But Moses said before the LORD,“Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

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    11The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

    12So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say.”

    13But Moses said,“O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!”

    14Then the LORD became angry with Moses, and he said,“What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

    15“So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what you must do.

    16He will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were his God.

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    12But Moses replied to the LORD,“If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?”

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    1The Source of Sufficiency Moses answered again,“And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say,‘The LORD has not appeared to you’?”

    2The LORD said to him,“What is that in your hand?” He said,“A staff.”

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    10So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

    11Moses said to God,“Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

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    9Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.

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    6I answered,“Oh, Sovereign LORD, Really I do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young.”

    7The LORD said to me,“Do not say,‘I am too young.’ But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

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    15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:

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    13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–

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

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    11And Moses said to the LORD,“Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me?

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    7My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.

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    12Moses said to the LORD,“See, you have been saying to me,‘Bring this people up,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said,‘I know you by name, and also you have found favor in my sight.’

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    1Exhortation to Obedience and Life The LORD spoke to Moses:

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    4When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.”

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    23And the LORD said to Moses,“Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”

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    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said,“O LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

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    26The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

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    3So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him,“This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said:‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

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