| 1 | Then Moses answered, "But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, `The LORD did not appear to you.'" |
| 2 | The LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod." |
| 3 | And he said, "Cast it on the ground." So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. |
| 4 | But the LORD said to Moses, "Put out your hand, and take it by the tail" -- so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand -- |
| 5 | "that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you." |
| 6 | Again, the LORD said to him, "Put your hand into your bosom." And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. |
| 7 | Then God said, "Put your hand back into your bosom." So he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. |
| 8 | "If they will not believe you," God said, "or heed the first sign, they may believe the latter sign. |
| 9 | If they will not believe even these two signs or heed your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it upon the dry ground; and the water which you shall take from the Nile will become blood upon the dry ground." |
| 10 | But Moses said to the LORD, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either heretofore or since thou hast spoken to thy servant; but I am slow of speech and of tongue." |
| 11 | Then the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? |
| 12 | Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak." |
| 13 | But he said, "Oh, my Lord, send, I pray, some other person." |
| 14 | Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well; and behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart. |
| 15 | And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. |
| 16 | He shall speak for you to the people; and he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God. |
| 17 | And you shall take in your hand this rod, with which you shall do the signs." |