Verse 17
Exodus 4:17
Bible in Basic English
17
And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֶת הַ/מַּטֶּ֥ה הַ/זֶּ֖ה תִּקַּ֣ח בְּ/יָדֶ֑/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֶׂה בּ֖/וֹ אֶת הָ/אֹתֹֽת
English Translation
And you shall take this staff in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.
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Chapter 4 Context
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And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voic...
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And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
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And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Mo...
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And the Lord said to Moses, Put out your hand and take it by the tail: (and he put out his hand and...
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So that they may be certain that the Lord, the God (Elohim) of their fathers, the God (Elohim) of Ab...
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Then the Lord said to him again, Put your hand inside your clothing. And he put his hand inside his...
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And he said, Put your hand inside your robe again. (And he put his hand into his robe again, and whe...
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And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have fait...
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And if they have no faith even in these two signs and will not give ear to your voice, then you are...
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10
And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, e...
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And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or make...
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12
So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.
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13
And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.
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14
And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my kno...
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Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mout...
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And he will do the talking for you to the people: he will be to you as a mouth and you will be to hi...
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And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.
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And Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relation...
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19
And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting...
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20
And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and...
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21
And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonder...
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22
And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:
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And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now...
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Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to...
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Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching...
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So he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.
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And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came acros...
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And Moses gave Aaron an account of all the words of the Lord which he had sent him to say, and of al...
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Then Moses and Aaron went and got together all the chiefs of the children of Israel:
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And Aaron said to them all the words the Lord had said to Moses, and did the signs before all the pe...
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And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children o...
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