Exodus 6

¹The LORD God told Moses:

⁹When Moses told this to the Israelites, they were too discouraged and ill-treated to believe him.

¹⁰Then the LORD told Moses

¹¹to demand that the king of Egypt let the Israelites leave.

¹²But Moses replied, “I'm not a powerful speaker. If the Israelites won't listen to me, why should the king of Egypt?”

¹³But the LORD sent Aaron and Moses with a message for the Israelites and for the king; he also ordered Aaron and Moses to free the people from Egypt.

Family record of Aaron and Moses

¹⁴The following men were the heads of their ancestral clans:

²⁶The LORD had commanded Aaron and Moses to lead every family and tribe of Israel out of Egypt,

²⁷and so they ordered the king of Egypt to set the people of Israel free.

The LORD commands Moses and Aaron to speak to the king

²⁸When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

²⁹he said, “I am the LORD . Tell the king of Egypt everything I say to you.”[#6.29 : See the note at 1.11.]

³⁰But Moses answered, “You know I am a very poor speaker, and the king will never listen to me.”