The Washington herald., 1919-12-31
The Second Book OF Moses, Called
EXODUS.
CHAPTER 4.


l Moses rod is turned into a serr~nt His
hand is leprous. 10 He is 10th 10 lie sent.
"a Aaron is appointed to assist him. IS
Moss deTsrteih IRON Jethro. . Coo :
message TO Pharaoh. q Zpporah crcumciseth
hef son Aaron is sent TO meet Moses
y The people beheTeth them.
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.
And the Lord said unto him.
What is that in thine hand? And
he said. A rod.
3 And he said. Cast il on the
ground. and it became a serpent;
and Moses fled from before il.
4 And the Lord said unto Moses.
Put forth thine hand. and take il
by the tail. And he put forth his
hand. and caught it. and il became
a rod in his hand:
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.
And the Lord said further
more unto him. Put now thine hand
into thy bosom. And he put his
hand into his bosom: and when lie
took it OUT behold. his hand was
leprous as snow.
And he said. Put thine hand
into thy bosom again. And he put
his hand into his bosom again: ana
plucked ii out of his bosom, and.
behold. it was turned again as his
other flesh.
And it shall come to pass. il
they will not believe thee. neither
hearken to the voice Of the first
sign, that they will believe I'm.
voice of the latter sign.
9 And it shall come to pass. IL
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 il
upon the dry land: and the water
which thou takest out of the river
shall become blood upon the dry
land.
10 4 And Moses said unto the
Lord. o my Lord. / am not eloquent.
neither heretofore. nor since thou
hast spoken unto thy servant: but
am slow OF speech, and of a slow
tongue.
IL And the Lord said unto him.
Who hath made mans mouth? or
who makcth the dumb. or deaf, or
the seeing, or the blind: have not
| the Lord.
IL Now therefore go. and / will
be with thy mouth, and teach thee
what thou shalt say.
13 And he said. o my Lord. send.
pray thee, by the hand of him
whom thou wilt send.
Il And the anger Of the Lord
was kindled against Moses. and lie
said. Is not Aaron the Levite thy
brother? 1 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
Is 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 yc shall do.
16 And he shall be thy spokes-
man unto the people: and he shall
be. even he shall be to thee in
stead OF mouth. and thou shalt
be TO him instead of God.
II And thou shalt take this rod
in thine hand, whercwith thou shalt
do signs.
IS n And Moses went and re-
turned 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.
IL And the Lord said unto Moses
in INDIAN, 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.
2I And the Lord said unto
Moses. When thou goest to return
into Egypt. see that thou do all
those wonders before Pharaoh,
which / have put in thine hand:
but will harden his heart, that
he shall not let the people go.
% And thou shalt say unto Pha-
raoh, Thus saith the Lord. Israel
is my son, even my firstborn:
% And ] say unto thee, Let my
son go. that he may serve me: and
If thou refuse to let him go. behold,
/ will slay thy son, even thy first
born.
(To Be continusd-)