New Living Translation (NLT)
Exodus 6
28 When the LORD spoke to Moses 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?”
Exodus 7
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “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 Pharaoh to let the people of Israel leave his country.
3 But I will make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 Even then Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you. So I will bring down my fist on Egypt. Then I will rescue my forces—my people, 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,
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