1„Jamen, hvad nu hvis Israels ledere ikke vil høre på mig?” indvendte Moses. „Hvad nu, hvis de ikke vil tro på, at Herren har vist sig for mig?”2„Hvad har du der i din hånd?” spurgte Herren ham. „Min hyrdestav,” svarede Moses.3„Smid den på jorden,” sagde Herren. Da Moses smed staven på jorden, blev den til en slange, og han løb forskrækket væk fra den.4Men Herren råbte til ham: „Grib den i halen!” Så greb Moses den i halen, og straks blev den igen til en hyrdestav i hans hånd.5„Det skal nok overbevise israelitterne om, at det er deres forfædre Abrahams, Isaks og Jakobs Gud, der har vist sig for dig,” sagde Herren.6„Stik nu din hånd ind på brystet under kjortlen!” Moses adlød, og da han trak hånden ud igen, var den hvid af spedalskhed.7„Stik hånden ind på brystet igen,” fortsatte Herren. Det gjorde Moses, og da han trak den ud, var den fuldstændig normal igen.8„Hvis de tvivler efter at have set det første mirakel, vil de blive overbevist af det andet,” sagde Herren.9„Men hvis de stadig ikke tror dig, skal du tage lidt vand fra Nilen og hælde det ud på den tørre jord. Når du gør det, bliver vandet til blod.”10Men Moses havde flere indvendinger: „Jamen Herre, jeg er ikke god til at tale. Det har jeg aldrig været—og det er jeg heller ikke nu, efter at du har talt til mig. Jeg famler efter ordene.”11„Hvem skabte menneskets mund?” spurgte Herren. „Har jeg ikke magt til at gøre et menneske i stand til at tale eller ikke at tale, til at se eller ikke at se, til at høre eller ikke at høre?12Gå nu og gør, som jeg siger. Jeg vil hjælpe dig til at sige de rette ord—ja, jeg vil fortælle dig, hvad du skal sige.”13Men Moses protesterede: „Herre, send dog en anden end mig!”14Så blev Herren vred på Moses. „Hør her,” sagde han, „jeg ved, at din bror, levitten Aron, kan tale for sig. Han er i øvrigt på vej for at møde dig, og han bliver glad for at se dig igen.15Jeg vil tale til dig, og hvad jeg fortæller dig, skal du sige videre til ham og således lægge ham ordene i munden. Jeg vil være med jer og fortælle jer, hvad I skal gøre.16Aron skal tale til folket på dine vegne, som om han var din mund, og du skal fortælle ham, hvad han skal sige, så du taler til ham på mine vegne.17Husk at tage din hyrdestav med, så du kan udføre de mirakler, jeg har vist dig.”
Moses vender tilbage til Egypten
18Så gik Moses hjem til sin svigerfar Jetro og sagde: „Jeg vil gerne rejse tilbage til Egypten og besøge min familie og se om de lever endnu.” „Gå du blot, og fred være med dig,” svarede Jetro.19Inden Moses forlod Midjan, sagde Herren til ham: „Du skal ikke være bange for at vende tilbage til Egypten, for alle de mænd, der var ude efter at slå dig ihjel, er nu døde.”20Så hjalp Moses sin kone med de to små børn* op på et æsel og de begav sig alle af sted mod Egypten. Og han havde hyrdestaven—Guds stav—i hånden.21Undervejs gentog Herren sine instruktioner til Moses: „Når du ankommer til Egypten, skal du gå til Farao og udføre de mirakler, jeg har givet dig magt til at udføre. Men jeg vil gøre ham stædig, så han ikke vil lade israelitterne rejse.22Da skal du sige til ham: ‚Herren siger: Israels folk er som min førstefødte søn.23Jeg har befalet dig at lade dem rejse, så de kan tilbede mig. Siden du har nægtet det, vil jeg slå din førstefødte søn ihjel.’ ”24Et sted på vejen, hvor de overnattede, konfronterede Herren ham* og ville dræbe ham.25Da tog Zippora en flintekniv, afskar sin søns forhud og kastede den for Moses’ fødder. „Du er blevet mig en blodig ægtemand,” sagde hun.26Så lod Herren ham være i fred. (Med udtrykket „blodig ægtemand” hentydede hun til omskærelsen.)27Herren havde tidligere sagt til Aron: „Gå Moses i møde i ørkenen!” Så tog Aron af sted og mødte Moses ved Guds bjerg, Horeb, og de omfavnede hinanden og kyssede hinanden på kinden.28Moses fortalte Aron om det budskab, Herren havde givet ham, og om miraklerne, Herren havde befalet ham at udføre.29Da Moses og Aron ankom til Egypten, samlede de israelitternes ledere,30og Aron fortalte dem, hvad Herren havde sagt til Moses, og Moses udførte miraklerne for øjnene af dem.31Det overbeviste dem, og da de hørte, at Herren ikke havde glemt sit folk, men havde dyb medfølelse for dem midt i deres elendighed, knælede de med ansigtet mod jorden i ærefrygt for Herren.
English Standard Version
Moses Given Powerful Signs
1Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you.’”2The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”3And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.4But the Lord said to Moses, “Put out your hand and catch it by the tail”—so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand—5“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.”6Again, the Lord said to him, “Put your hand inside your cloak.”* And he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous* like snow.7Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your cloak.” So he put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh.8“If they will not believe you,” God said, “or listen to the first sign, they may believe the latter sign.9If they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground, and the water that you shall take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.”10But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”11Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?12Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”13But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.”14Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.15You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.16He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him.17And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”
Moses Returns to Egypt
18Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”19And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”20So Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.21And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,23and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”24At a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to put him to death.25Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’* feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”26So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.27The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.28And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which he had sent him to speak, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do.29Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel.30Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.31And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
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