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January 28
20 Amram
married his father’s sister
Jochebed, and she gave birth to his
sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram
lived to be 137 years old.)
21 The sons of Izhar were Korah,
Nepheg, and Zicri.
22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael,
Elzaphan, and Sithri.
23 Aaron married Elisheba, the
daughter of Amminadab and sister
of Nahshon, and she gave birth to
his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
24 The sons of Korah were Assir,
Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Their
descendants became the clans of
Korah.
25 Eleazar son of Aaron married one
of the daughters of Putiel, and she
gave birth to his son, Phinehas.
These are the ancestors of the Levite
families, listed according to their
clans.
26 The
A
aron and M
oses named in
this list are the same ones to whom
the Lord said, “Lead the people of
Israel out of the land of Egypt like an
army.” 27 It was Moses and Aaron who
spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt,
about leading the people of Israel out
of Egypt.
28 When the Lord spoke to M
oses
in the land of Egypt, 29 he said to him,
“I am the Lord! Tell Pharaoh, the
king of Egypt, everything I am telling
you.” 30 But Moses argued with the
Lord, saying, “I can’t do it! I’m such a
clumsy speaker! Why should Pharaoh
listen to me?”
7:1 Then the Lord said to M
oses, “Pay
close attention to this. I will make you
seem like God to Pharaoh, and your
brother, Aaron, will be your prophet.
2 Tell
Aaron everything I command
you, and Aaron must command Pha
raoh to let the people of Israel leave
his country. 3 But I will make Pha
raoh’s heart stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders
in the land of Egypt. 4 Even then Pha
raoh will refuse to listen to you. So I
will bring down my fist on Egypt. Then
I will rescue my forces—my people,
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the Israelites—from the land of Egypt
with great acts of judgment. 5 When I
raise my powerful hand and bring out
the Israelites, the Egyptians will know
that I am the Lord.”
6 So Moses and Aaron did just as the
Lord had commanded them. 7 Moses
was eighty years old, and Aaron was
eighty-three when they made their demands to Pharaoh.
8 Then the Lord said to Moses and
Aaron, 9 “Pharaoh will demand, ‘Show
me a miracle.’ When he does this, say
to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it
down in front of Pharaoh, and it will
become a serpent.*’”
10 So Moses and A
aron went to Pha
raoh and did what the Lord had commanded them. A
aron threw down his
staff before Pharaoh and his officials,
and it became a serpent! 11 Then Pha
raoh called in his own wise men and
sorcerers, and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their
magic. 12 They threw down their staffs,
which also became serpents! But then
Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
13 Pharaoh’s heart, however, remained
hard. He still refused to listen, just as
the Lord had predicted.
14 Then the Lord said to M
oses,
“Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn,* and he
still refuses to let the people go. 15 So go
to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes
down to the river. Stand on the bank of
the Nile and meet him there. Be sure to
take along the staff that turned into a
snake. 16 Then announce to him, ‘The
Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has
sent me to tell you, “Let my people go,
so they can worship me in the wilderness.” Until now, you have refused to
listen to him. 17 So this is what the Lord
says: “I will show you that I am the
Lord.” Look! I will strike the water of
the Nile with this staff in my hand, and
the river will turn to blood. 18 The fish
in it will die, and the river will stink.
The Egyptians will not be able to drink
any water from the Nile.’”
19 Then the Lord said to
Moses:
“Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and raise
your hand over the waters of E
gypt—
all its rivers, canals, ponds, and all the
