{ "chapterNum": 6, "verses": [ { "verseNum": 1, "text": "But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”" }, { "verseNum": 2, "text": "God also told Moses, “I am the LORD." }, { "verseNum": 3, "text": "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them." }, { "verseNum": 4, "text": "I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners." }, { "verseNum": 5, "text": "Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant." }, { "verseNum": 6, "text": "Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment." }, { "verseNum": 7, "text": "I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians." }, { "verseNum": 8, "text": "And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”" }, { "verseNum": 9, "text": "Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him." }, { "verseNum": 10, "text": "So the LORD said to Moses," }, { "verseNum": 11, "text": "“Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”" }, { "verseNum": 12, "text": "But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”" }, { "verseNum": 13, "text": "Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt." }, { "verseNum": 14, "text": "These were the heads of their fathers’ houses:\n \n The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben." }, { "verseNum": 15, "text": "The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon." }, { "verseNum": 16, "text": "These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years." }, { "verseNum": 17, "text": "The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans." }, { "verseNum": 18, "text": "The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years." }, { "verseNum": 19, "text": "The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.\n \n These were the clans of the Levites according to their records." }, { "verseNum": 20, "text": "And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years." }, { "verseNum": 21, "text": "The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri." }, { "verseNum": 22, "text": "The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri." }, { "verseNum": 23, "text": "And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar." }, { "verseNum": 24, "text": "The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites." }, { "verseNum": 25, "text": "Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.\n \n These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans." }, { "verseNum": 26, "text": "It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”" }, { "verseNum": 27, "text": "Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt." }, { "verseNum": 28, "text": "Now on the day that the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt," }, { "verseNum": 29, "text": "He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”" }, { "verseNum": 30, "text": "But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”" } ] }