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Exodus 4:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.” "

Exodus 4:17

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15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.

16 He will be your spokesman to the people. It will happen that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”

18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

19 The LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”

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Exodus 4:1

"Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”"

Exodus 4:2

"The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”"

Exodus 4:3

"He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it."

Exodus 4:4

"The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand."

Exodus 4:5

"“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.”"

Exodus 4:6

"The LORD said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow."

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