1 respondens Moses ait
non credent mihi neque audient vocem meam
sed dicent non apparuit tibi Dominus
2 dixit ergo ad eum quid est hoc quod tenes in manu tua
respondit virga
3 ait proice eam in terram
proiecit et versa est in colubrum ita ut fugeret Moses
4 dixitque Dominus extende manum tuam et adprehende caudam eius
extendit et tenuit versaque est in virgam
5 ut credant inquit quod apparuerit tibi Dominus Deus patrum tuorum
Deus Abraham Deus Isaac Deus Iacob
6 dixitque Dominus rursum mitte manum in sinum tuum
quam cum misisset in sinum protulit leprosam instar nivis
7 retrahe ait manum in sinum tuum
retraxit et protulit iterum et erat similis carni reliquae
8 si non crediderint inquit tibi neque audierint sermonem signi prioris
credent verbo signi sequentis
9 quod si nec duobus quidem his signis crediderint
neque audierint vocem tuam
sume aquam fluminis et effunde eam super aridam
et quicquid hauseris de fluvio vertetur in sanguinem
10 ait Moses obsecro Domine non sum eloquens
ab heri et nudius tertius et ex quo locutus es ad servum tuum
inpeditioris et tardioris linguae sum
11 dixit Dominus ad eum
quis fecit os hominis
aut quis fabricatus est mutum et surdum videntem et caecum
nonne ego
12 perge igitur et ego ero in ore tuo doceboque te quid loquaris
13 at ille obsecro inquit Domine mitte quem missurus es
14 iratus Dominus in Mosen ait
Aaron frater tuus Levites scio quod eloquens sit
ecce ipse egreditur in occursum tuum
vidensque te laetabitur corde
15 loquere ad eum et pone verba mea in ore eius
ego ero in ore tuo et in ore illius
et ostendam vobis quid agere debeatis
16 ipse loquetur pro te ad populum et erit os tuum
tu autem eris ei in his quae ad Deum pertinent
17 virgam quoque hanc sume in manu tua
in qua facturus es signa
18 abiit Moses et reversus est ad Iethro cognatum suum
dixitque ei vadam et revertar ad fratres meos in Aegyptum
ut videam si adhuc vivunt
cui ait Iethro vade in pace
19 dixit ergo Dominus ad Mosen in Madian
vade revertere in Aegyptum
mortui sunt omnes qui quaerebant animam
tuam
20 tulit Moses uxorem et filios suos
et inposuit eos super asinum
reversusque est in Aegyptum portans virgam Dei in manu sua
21 dixitque ei Dominus revertenti in Aegyptum
vide ut omnia ostenta quae posui in manu tua facias coram Pharaone
ego indurabo cor eius et non dimittet populum
22 dicesque ad eum haec dicit Dominus
filius meus primogenitus meus Israhel
23 dixi tibi dimitte filium meum ut serviat mihi
et noluisti dimittere eum
ecce ego interficiam filium tuum primogenitum
24 cumque esset in itinere in diversorio
occurrit ei Dominus et volebat occidere eum
25 tulit ilico Seffora acutissimam petram
et circumcidit praeputium filii sui
tetigitque pedes eius et ait sponsus sanguinum tu mihi es
26 et dimisit eum postquam dixerat sponsus sanguinum ob circumcisionem
27 dixit autem Dominus ad Aaron
vade in occursum Mosi in deserto
qui perrexit ei obviam in montem Dei
et osculatus est eum
28 narravitque Moses Aaron omnia verba Domini
quibus miserat eum
et signa quae mandaverat
29 veneruntque simul
et congregaverunt cunctos seniores filiorum Israhel
30 locutusque est Aaron omnia verba quae dixerat Dominus ad Mosen
et fecit signa coram populo
31 et credidit populus
audieruntque quod visitasset Dominus filios Israhel
et quod respexisset adflictionem eorum
et proni adoraverunt
1 And 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 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. 3 And 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 And 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 That 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 ¶ And 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 And 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 And 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. 9 And 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 .
10 ¶ And 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. 11 And 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? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 14 And 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. 15 And 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. 16 And 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. 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
18 ¶ And 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. 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. 20 And 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. 21 And 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. 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: 23 And 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.
24 ¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then 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. 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art , because of the circumcision.
27 ¶ And 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. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
29 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And 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.