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Exodus
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English: New American Standard Bible |
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Exodus 6 [Commentary] [Map] 
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land." |
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God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD; |
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and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them. |
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"I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned. |
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"Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. |
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"Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, `I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. |
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`Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. |
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`I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am the LORD.' " |
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So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage. |
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Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land." |
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But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am unskilled in speech?" |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt. |
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These are the heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. |
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The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. |
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These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. |
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The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. |
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The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath's life was one hundred and thirty-three years. |
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. |
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Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. |
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The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. |
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The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. |
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Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. |
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The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. |
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Aaron's son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites according to their families. |
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It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts." |
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They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron. |
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Now it came about on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, |
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that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the LORD; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you." |
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But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?" |
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