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Lord, you stood with Moses when he felt overwhelmed,
and you’ll stand with any leader who leans on you.
I pray that our leaders—from our mayors to our
governors to the president—will do just that. Give
them the humility to know they need you. Amen.
EXODUS 5:22–7:25
Then M
oses went back to the Lord
and protested, “Why have you
brought all this trouble on your own
people, Lord? Why did you send me?
23 Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your
spokesman, he has been even more
brutal to your people. And you have
done nothing to rescue them!”
6:1 Then
the Lord told Moses, “Now
you will see what I will do to Pharaoh.
When he feels the force of my strong
hand, he will let the people go. In fact,
he will force them to leave his land!”
2 And God said to
Moses, “I am
Yahweh—‘the Lord.’* 3 I appeared to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as
El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty’*—but I
did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to
them. 4 And I reaffirmed my covenant
with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan,
where they were living as foreigners.
5 You can be sure that I have heard the
groans of the people of Israel, who
are now slaves to the Egyptians. And
I am well aware of my covenant with
them.
6 “Therefore, say to the people of
Israel: ‘I am the Lord. I will free you
from your oppression and will rescue
you from your slavery in Egypt. I will
redeem you with a powerful arm and
great acts of judgment. 7 I will claim
you as my own people, and I will be
your God. Then you will know that I
am the Lord your God who has freed
you from your oppression in Egypt.
8 I will bring you into the land I swore
to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I
will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the Lord!’”
9 So Moses told the people of Israel
what the Lord had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had
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become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.
10 Then the Lord said to
Moses,
11 “Go back to Pha
raoh, the king of
Egypt, and tell him to let the people of
Israel leave his country.”
12 “But Lord!” Moses objected. “My
own people won’t listen to me anymore. How can I expect Pharaoh to
listen? I’m such a clumsy speaker!*”
13 But the Lord spoke to Moses and
Aaron and gave them orders for the
Israelites and for Pharaoh, the king of
Egypt. The Lord commanded Moses
and Aaron to lead the people of Israel
out of Egypt.
14 These are the ancestors of some of
the clans of Israel:
The sons of Reuben, Israel’s oldest
son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron,
and Carmi. Their descendants
became the clans of Reuben.
15 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel,
Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and
Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was
a Canaanite woman.) Their
descendants became the clans of
Simeon.
16 These are the descendants of Levi,
as listed in their family records:
The sons of Levi were Gershon,
Kohath, and Merari. (Levi lived to
be 137 years old.)
17 The descendants of Gershon
included Libni and Shimei, each
of whom became the ancestor of
a clan.
18 The descendants of Kohath
included Amram, Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be
133 years old.)
19 The descendants of Merari
included Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the L
evites, as
listed in their family records.
