God Promises Action

6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for ^[a](A)under compulsion he will let them go, and ^[b]under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”

² God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am ^(B)the Lord; ³ and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as ^[c](C)God Almighty, but by ^(D)My name, ^[d]Lord, I did not make Myself known to them. ⁴ I also established ^(E)My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the ^[e]land in which they lived as strangers. ⁵ Furthermore I have ^(F)heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. ⁶ Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘^(G)I am the Lord, and ^(H)I will bring you out from under the labors of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their bondage. I will also ^(I)redeem you with ^(J)an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. ⁷ Then I will take you ^[f](K)as My people, and ^(L)I will be ^[g]your God; and ^(M)you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the labors of the Egyptians. ⁸ I will bring you to the land which ^(N)I ^[h]swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ^(O)I will give it to you as a possession; ^(P)I am the Lord.’” ⁹ So Moses said this to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on ^(Q)account of their ^[i]despondency and cruel bondage.

¹⁰ Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹ “^(R)Go, ^[j]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt ^[k]to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.” ¹² But Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; ^(S)how then will Pharaoh listen to me, as I am ^[l](T)unskilled in speech?” ¹³ Nevertheless, the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command concerning the sons of Israel and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

²⁸ Now it came about on the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹ that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “^(A)I am the Lord; ^(B)say to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.” ³⁰ But Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, I am ^[a](C)unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”

I Will Extend My Hand

7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(A)See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. ² As for you, you shall speak all that I command you, and your brother ^(B)Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. ³ But ^(C)I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that I may ^(D)multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴ When ^(E)Pharaoh does not listen to you, I will lay My hand on Egypt and ^(F)bring out My armies, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by ^(G)great judgments. ⁵ Then ^(H)the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I ^(I)extend My hand over Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.” ⁶ So Moses and Aaron did this; ^(J)as the Lord commanded them, so they did. ⁷ And Moses was ^(K)eighty years old and Aaron ^[a]eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.