4:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt,
see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in
thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the
people go.
4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my
son, even my firstborn:
4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if
thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him,
and sought to kill him.
4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her
son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou
to me.
4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because
of the circumcision.
4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.
And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him,
and all the signs which he had commanded him.
4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of
the children of Israel:
4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had
visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their
affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast
unto me in the wilderness.
5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to
let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go,
we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto
the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the
sword.
5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and
Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and
ye make them rest from their burdens.
5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people,
and their officers, saying,
5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore:
let them go and gather straw for themselves.
5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall
lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle;
therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour
therein; and let them not regard vain words.
5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and
they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give
you straw.
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