Exodus 6:28-Exodus 7:13 - Moses And Aaron Before Pharaoh

²⁸ And it happened when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt ²⁹ that the LORD told Moses, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything that I'm saying to you."

³⁰ Moses said in the presence of the LORD, "Look, I'm not a persuasive speaker, so how will Pharaoh listen to me?"

¹ The LORD told Moses, "Listen! I've positioned you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. ² You are to speak everything that I've commanded you, and then your brother Aaron will speak to Pharaoh, telling him to let the Israelis go out of his land. ³ I'll harden Pharaoh's heart and I'll add more and more of my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴ WhenPharaoh won't listen to you, I'll let loose my power upon Egypt. I'll bring out my tribal divisions my people the Israelis from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. ⁵ The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand over Egypt to bring the Israelis out from among them."

⁶ Moses and Aaron did what the LORD commanded them. ⁷ Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83 when they spoke to Pharaoh.

⁸ Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron, ⁹ "When Pharaoh says to you, "Perform a miraculous sign,' then you are to say to Aaron, "Take your staff and throw it in front of Pharaoh.' It will become a serpent." ¹⁰ So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and did what the LORD had commanded them. Aaron threw his staff in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent. ¹¹ Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and sorcerers, and they along with the Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their secret arts. ¹² So each one threw down his staff and it became a serpent, but Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. ¹³ Yet Pharaoh's heart was stubborn and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said would happen.