Exodus 44ExodusSlavery and Moses' callThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. Moses’ Staff

2. 1ENGOJBAnd Moshe answered and said, But, what if they will not believe me, nor pay heed unto my voice but will say, Hashem hath not appeared unto thee.BSBBSB: Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
3. 2ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto him, What is that in thine yad? And he said, A matteh (a rod, staff).BSBBSB: And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
4. 3ENGOJBAnd He said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a nachash; and Moshe fled from before it.BSBBSB: “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
5. 4ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, Put forth thine yad, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his yad, and caught it, and it became a matteh in his yad;BSBBSB: “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
6. 5ENGOJBThat they may believe that Hashem Elohei Avotam, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov, hath appeared unto thee.BSBBSB: “This is so 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.”

7. Moses’ Hand

8. 6ENGOJBAnd Hashem said furthermore unto him, Put now thine yad into thy kheyk. And he put his yad into his kheyk; and when he took it out, hinei, his yad was leprous as snow.BSBBSB: Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
9. 7ENGOJBAnd He said, Put thine yad into thy kheyk again. And he put his yad into his kheyk again; and plucked it out of his kheyk, and, hinei, it was turned again as his other basar.BSBBSB: “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
10. 8ENGOJBAnd it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither pay heed to the voice of haOt Harishon, that they will believe the voice of haOt haAcharon.BSBBSB: And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
11. 9ENGOJBAnd it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two otot, neither pay heed unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the mayim of the Nile, and pour it upon the yabashah (dry land); and the mayim which thou takest out of the Nile shall become dahm upon the yabashah.BSBBSB: But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”

12. The Appointment of Aaron

13. 10ENGOJBAnd Moshe said unto Hashem, O Adonoi, I am not an ish devarim, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy eved; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow lashon.BSBBSB: “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
14. 11ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto him, Who hath made manʼs peh (mouth)? Or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Hashem?BSBBSB: And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
15. 12ENGOJBNow therefore go, and Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.BSBBSB: Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
16. 13ENGOJBAnd he said, O Adonoi, send, now, by the yad of him whom Thou wilt send.BSBBSB: But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
17. 14ENGOJBAnd the Af Hashem was kindled against Moshe, and He said, Is there not Aharon thy ach the Levi? I know that he can speak well. And also, hinei, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his lev.BSBBSB: Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
18. 15ENGOJBAnd thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth; and Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.BSBBSB: You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
19. 16ENGOJBAnd 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 Elohim.BSBBSB: He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
20. 17ENGOJBAnd thou shalt take this matteh in thine yad, wherewith thou shalt do haOtot.BSBBSB: But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”

21. Moses Leaves for Egypt

22. 18ENGOJBAnd Moshe went and returned to Yitro his khoten (father-in-law), and said unto him, Let me go, now, and return unto my achim which are in Mitzrayim, and see whether they be yet alive. And Yitro said to Moshe, Lech l'shalom (go in peace).BSBBSB: Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
23. 19ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe in Midyan, Go, shuv (return) into Mitzrayim; for all the anashim are dead which sought thy life.BSBBSB: Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
24. 20ENGOJBAnd Moshe took his isha and his banim, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to Eretz Mitzrayim; and matteh HaElohim in his yad.BSBBSB: So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
25. 21ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, When thou goest to return into Mitzrayim, see that thou do all those mofetim before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine yad: but I will harden his lev, that he shall not let HaAm go.BSBBSB: The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
26. 22ENGOJBAnd thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, Yisroel is beni (My son), even My bechor (first-born):BSBBSB: Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
27. 23ENGOJBAnd I say unto thee, Let beni (My son) go, that he may serve Me: and if thou refuse to let him go, hinei, I will slay thy ben, even thy bechor.BSBBSB: and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
28. 24ENGOJBAnd it came to pass on the derech at the malon, that Hashem met him, and sought to kill him.BSBBSB: Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
29. 25ENGOJBThen Tzipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the orlat ben (foreskin of son) of her, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a choson damim (a bridegroom of blood) art thou to me.BSBBSB: But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
30. 26ENGOJBSo He let him go; then she said, A choson damim thou art, because of the circumcision.BSBBSB: So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)

31. The People Believe Moses and Aaron

32. 27ENGOJBAnd Hashem said to Aharon, Go into the midbar to meet Moshe. And he went, and met him in the Har HaElohim, and kissed him.BSBBSB: Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
33. 28ENGOJBAnd Moshe told Aharon kol divrei Hashem who had sent him, and all haOtot He had commanded him.BSBBSB: And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
34. 29ENGOJBAnd Moshe and Aharon went and assembled together kol Ziknei Bnei Yisroel;BSBBSB: Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
35. 30ENGOJBAnd Aharon spoke all hadevarim which Hashem had spoken unto Moshe; and he did haOtot before the eyes of HaAm.BSBBSB: and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
36. 31ENGOJBAnd HaAm believed; and when they heard that Hashem had visited the Bnei Yisroel, and that He had looked upon their oni, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.BSBBSB: and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.