fra Biblica1„Nu skal du få at se, hvad jeg vil gøre ved Farao,” sagde Herren til Moses. „Han skal få min magt at føle, indtil han lader mit folk rejse. Han vil blive så opsat på at komme af med dem, at han nærmest vil jage dem ud!”2„Jeg er Herren!” fortsatte han.3„Jeg åbenbarede mig for Abraham, Isak og Jakob som den almægtige Gud, men de har ikke til fulde erfaret, hvad mit navn, Jahve. egentlig står for.4Jeg indgik en pagt med dem, hvor jeg lovede at give dem og deres efterkommere Kana’ans land, det land, hvor de boede som fremmede.5Jeg har hørt Israels folks klageskrig under deres slaveri i Egypten, og da jeg har indgået en pagt med dem, vil jeg også opfylde det løfte, jeg gav dem.6Sig derfor til israelitterne: ‚Jeg er Herren, og jeg vil befri jer fra slaveriet i Egypten med vældig magt og store undere.7I skal være mit udvalgte folk, og jeg vil være jeres Gud. I skal opleve, at jeg er Herren, jeres Gud, og at jeg befrier jer fra slaveriet i Egypten.8Jeg vil føre jer til det land, jeg lovede Abraham, Isak og Jakob. Jeg giver det til jer, og det skal være jeres. Jeg er Herren!’ ”9Moses fortalte nu folket, hvad Gud havde sagt, men de ville ikke længere høre på ham. De havde fuldstændig mistet modet på grund af den øgede arbejdsbyrde.10Da sagde Herren til Moses:11„Gå tilbage til kong Farao og sig til ham, at han skal lade israelitterne rejse ud af Egypten.”12„Men Herre!” indvendte Moses. „Når mit eget folk ikke engang vil høre på mig, hvordan kan jeg så forvente, at Farao vil? Jeg duer ikke til at tale!”13Alligevel befalede Herren Moses og Aron at gå til kong Farao og forlange, at han skulle lade israelitterne forlade Egypten.
Levis slægt frem til Moses og Aron
14Følgende personer var overhoveder for forskellige slægter blandt Israels folk: Israels ældste søn Ruben havde følgende sønner: Hanok, Pallu, Hetzron og Karmi.15Simeons sønner hed Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar og Shaul (hans mor var kana’anæer).16Levis sønner hed: Gershon, Kehat og Merari. Levi blev 137 år gammel.17Gershons sønner hed Libni og Shimi.18Kehats sønner hed Amram, Jitzhar, Hebron og Uzziel. Kehat blev 133 år gammel.19Meraris sønner hed Mahli og Mushi. Disse blev slægtsoverhoveder i Levis stamme ifølge deres slægtsbog.20Amram giftede sig med Jokebed, som var hans faster, og de fik sønnerne Aron og Moses. Amram blev 137 år gammel.21Jitzhars sønner hed Kora, Nefeg og Zikri.22Uzziels sønner hed Mishael, Elsafan og Sitri.23Aron giftede sig med Elisheba, som var datter af Amminadab og søster til Nahshon. Deres børn hed Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar og Itamar.24Koras sønner hed Assir, Elkana og Abiasaf. De blev overhoveder for familierne i Koras slægt.25Arons søn Eleazar giftede sig med en af Putiels døtre, og de fik en søn der hed Pinehas. Alle disse var slægtsoverhoveder inden for Levis stamme med tilhørende familier.26Aron og Moses, som er nævnt her i slægtstavlen, er de to mænd, til hvem Herren sagde: „Før Israels stammer ud af Egypten!”27Det var dem, som gik til Farao for at få tilladelse til at føre folket ud af landet.
Herrens befaling til Moses og Aron
28Dengang Herren talte til Moses i Egypten,29sagde han til ham: „Jeg er Herren! Sig alt det, jeg pålægger dig, til kong Farao af Egypten.”30Men Moses svarede: „Jeg duer jo ikke til at tale! Hvorfor skulle Farao høre på mig?”
1But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.” (2.Mos 3,19; 2.Mos 11,1; 2.Mos 12,33; 2.Mos 12,39; 2.Mos 13,3)2God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. (Es 42,8; Mal 3,6)3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty,[1] but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. (1.Mos 17,1; Salm 68,4; Salm 83,18; Joh 8,58; Åb 1,4; Åb 1,8)4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. (1.Mos 15,18; 1.Mos 17,4; 1.Mos 17,7; 1.Mos 17,8; 1.Mos 28,4)5Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. (2.Mos 2,24)6Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. (2.Mos 3,17; 2.Mos 7,4; 2.Mos 15,13; 5.Mos 7,8; 5.Mos 26,8; 2.Kong 17,36; 1.Krøn 17,21; Neh 1,10; Salm 136,11; Es 42,8; Mal 3,6)7I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. (1.Mos 17,8; 2.Mos 6,6; 2.Mos 29,45; 3.Mos 22,33; 5.Mos 4,20; 5.Mos 7,6; 5.Mos 14,2; 5.Mos 26,18; 5.Mos 29,13; 2.Sam 7,24; 1.Pet 2,9; Åb 21,7)8I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’” (1.Mos 14,22; 1.Mos 15,18; 1.Mos 26,3; 1.Mos 28,13; 1.Mos 35,12; 2.Mos 6,6; 2.Mos 32,13; 5.Mos 32,40; Ez 20,5; Ez 20,6; Ez 20,42; Ez 47,14)9Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. (2.Mos 5,21; Ap G 7,25)10So the Lord said to Moses,11“Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.”12But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?” (2.Mos 4,10; 2.Mos 6,9; 2.Mos 6,30; Jer 1,6; Jer 6,10; Ez 44,7)13But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron
14These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben. (1.Mos 46,9; 1.Krøn 5,3)15The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the clans of Simeon. (1.Mos 46,10; 1.Krøn 4,24)16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years. (1.Mos 46,11; 4.Mos 3,17; 1.Krøn 6,1; 1.Krøn 6,16)17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans. (4.Mos 3,18; 1.Krøn 6,17; 1.Krøn 23,7)18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. (4.Mos 3,19; 4.Mos 26,57; 1.Krøn 6,2; 1.Krøn 6,18)19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations. (4.Mos 3,20; 1.Krøn 6,19; 1.Krøn 23,21)20Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years. (2.Mos 2,1)21The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. (4.Mos 16,1; 1.Krøn 6,37)22The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. (3.Mos 10,4; 4.Mos 3,30)23Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (3.Mos 10,1; 4.Mos 1,7; 4.Mos 2,3; 4.Mos 3,2; 4.Mos 7,12; 4.Mos 7,17; 4.Mos 10,14; 4.Mos 26,60; Ruth 4,19; 1.Krøn 2,10; 1.Krøn 6,3; 1.Krøn 24,1; Matt 1,4; Luk 3,32; Luk 3,33)24The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the clans of the Korahites. (1.Krøn 6,22; 1.Krøn 6,37)25Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites by their clans. (4.Mos 25,7; 4.Mos 25,11; Josva 24,33; Salm 106,30)26These are the Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said: “Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by their hosts.” (2.Mos 6,13; 2.Mos 7,4; 2.Mos 12,17; 2.Mos 12,51; 4.Mos 33,1)27It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.28On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,29the Lord said to Moses, “I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.” (2.Mos 6,2; 2.Mos 6,11; 2.Mos 7,2)30But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?” (2.Mos 6,12; Es 6,5)