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Exodus 4

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

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    WEBMoses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”
    KJVAnd Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
  2. 2
    WEBYahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
    KJVAnd the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
  3. 3
    WEBHe said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
    KJVAnd he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
  4. 4
    WEBYahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.
    KJVAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
  5. 5
    WEB“This is so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
    KJVThat they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
  6. 6
    WEBYahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
    KJVAnd the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
  7. 7
    WEBHe said, “Put your hand inside your cloak again.” He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
    KJVAnd he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
  8. 8
    WEB“It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
    KJVAnd it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
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    WEBIt will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”
    KJVAnd it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
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    WEBMoses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
    KJVAnd Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
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    WEBYahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?
    KJVAnd the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
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    WEBNow therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
    KJVNow therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
  13. 13
    WEBMoses said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”
    KJVAnd he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
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    WEBYahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
    KJVAnd the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
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    WEBYou shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
    KJVAnd thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
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    WEBHe will be your spokesman to the people. It will happen that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
    KJVAnd he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
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    WEBYou shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
    KJVAnd thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
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    WEBMoses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
    KJVAnd Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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    WEBYahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”
    KJVAnd the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
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    WEBMoses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.
    KJVAnd Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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    WEBYahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
    KJVAnd 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.
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    WEBYou shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
    KJVAnd thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
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    WEBand I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”
    KJVAnd 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.
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    WEBOn the way at a lodging place, Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.
    KJVAnd it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
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    WEBThen Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
    KJVThen 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.
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    WEBSo he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
    KJVSo he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
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    WEBYahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.
    KJVAnd 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.
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    WEBMoses told Aaron all Yahweh’s words with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.
    KJVAnd Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
  29. 29
    WEBMoses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
    KJVAnd Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
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    WEBAaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
    KJVAnd Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
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    WEBThe people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
    KJVAnd 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.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.