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2 Moseboken 4
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2 Moseboken 4
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Mose ber Gud om hjälp
4 Mose sa: ”Men om de inte tror mig och inte lyssnar på vad jag säger? Om de säger att Herren aldrig har uppenbarat sig för mig?”
2 ”Vad är det du har i din hand?” frågade Herren honom. ”En herdestav”, svarade han. 3 ”Kasta den på marken”, sa Herren till honom. När Mose kastade den på marken förvandlades den till en orm och han sprang undan för den. 4 Då sa Herren till honom: ”Ta fast den i stjärten!” När Mose gjorde det, blev den en stav igen. 5 ”Detta ska få dem att förstå att Herren, deras förfäders Gud, Abrahams, Isaks och Jakobs Gud, har uppenbarat sig för dig.
6 Stick nu in handen innanför din mantel”, sa Herren. Mose stack in handen i manteln och drog sedan ut den igen. Då var den alldeles vit[a] som snö av spetälska. 7 ”Stick in den igen”, sa Herren, och han stack in den. När han sedan drog ut den på nytt var den normal, precis som förut.
8 ”Om de inte tror dig eller tar det första tecknet på allvar, kommer de att tro på det andra, 9 och om de inte lyssnar på dig efter dessa båda tecken, ska du ta vatten från Nilen och hälla ut det på torra land, och det ska förvandlas till blod.”
10 Mose svarade: ”Herre, jag har inte så lätt för att tala. Det har jag aldrig haft och inte nu heller, sedan du har talat till mig! Jag har svårt att uttrycka mig.”
11 ”Vem har gett människan hennes mun?” frågade Herren honom. ”Är det inte jag, Herren, som gör att en människa kan tala eller inte tala, se eller inte se, höra eller inte höra? 12 Gå nu och jag ska vara med dig och hjälpa dig att tala och jag ska lära dig vad du ska säga.”
13 ”Men Herre, kan du inte sända någon annan?” invände Mose. 14 Då blev Herren arg på Mose och sa: ”Du har ju din bror Aron, leviten. Han är en man som kan tala. Han är redan på väg till dig och kommer att bli glad när han träffar dig. 15 Tala till honom och lägg orden i hans mun. Jag ska hjälpa er båda att tala tillsammans, och jag ska tala om för er vad ni ska göra. 16 Han ska vara din talesman inför folket, och han ska vara din mun och du ska vara som Gud för honom. 17 Ta med dig staven, så att du med den kan göra tecknen.”
Mose återvänder till Egypten
18 Mose gick hem och sa till sin svärfar Jetro: ”Jag skulle vilja gå tillbaka till Egypten och besöka mina släktingar för att se om de fortfarande lever.” ”Naturligtvis får du gå, och lycka till”, svarade Jetro.
19 Innan Mose lämnade Midjan, sa Herren till honom: ”Gå tillbaka till Egypten, för alla de som ville döda dig är nu själva döda.”
20 Mose satte sin hustru och sina söner på en åsna och började resan till Egypten. I handen hade han Guds stav.
21 Herren sa till Mose: ”När du kommer tillbaka till Egypten, gör inför farao de under som jag har gett dig makt att göra. Men jag kommer att göra hans hjärta hårt, så att han inte släpper folket. 22 Då ska du säga till honom: ’Så säger Herren: Israel är min förstfödde son. 23 Jag har gett dig befallning att låta honom gå, så att han kan hålla gudstjänst åt mig, men du har vägrat. Därför ska jag döda din förstfödde son.’ ”
24 Vid ett nattläger under resan kom Herren emot Mose[b] och ville döda honom. 25 Då tog Sippora en flintkniv och skar bort förhuden på sin son och vidrörde Moses[c] fötter med den och sa: ”Du är verkligen min blodsbrudgum.” 26 Sedan lät Herren honom vara.[d] Detta med blodsbrudgum sa hon med tanke på omskärelsen.
27 Vid samma tid sa Herren till Aron: ”Gå ut i öknen och möt Mose.” Aron gick ända till Horeb, Guds berg, där han träffade Mose och hälsade honom med en kyss. 28 Mose talade om för Aron allt som Herren hade sänt honom till att säga och alla de tecken han fått befallning om att utföra.
29 Mose och Aron gick sedan och sammankallade alla de äldste i Israel. 30 Aron berättade för dem vad Herren hade sagt till Mose och Mose utförde tecknen inför folket. 31 Då trodde folket, när de hörde att Herren tagit sig an dem och sett deras förtryck. De föll ned och tillbad.
Footnotes
- 4:6 Ordet vit står inte med i hebreiskan och ”som snö” kan anspela på den flagiga karaktären av sjukdomen.
- 4:24 Eller Moses son; i grundtexten står bara honom.
- 4:25 I grundtexten honom; vem som åsyftas är osäkert. Episoden är över huvud taget svårtolkad.
- 4:26 Gud säger i vers 22 och 23 att Israel är hans förstfödde son, och att han ska döda faraos förstfödde, men Mose hade själv inte hållit förbundet med Gud och låtit omskära sin son. Se 1 Mos 17:9-10.
Exodus 4
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Exodus 4
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Signs for Moses
4 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen(A) to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”
2 Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A staff,”(B) he replied.
3 The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.”
Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake,(C) and he ran from it. 4 Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. 5 “This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe(D) 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.”
6 Then the Lord said, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous[a]—it had become as white as snow.(E)
7 “Now put it back into your cloak,” he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored,(F) like the rest of his flesh.
8 Then the Lord said, “If they do not believe(G) you or pay attention to the first sign,(H) they may believe the second. 9 But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood(I) on the ground.”
10 Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”(J)
11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute?(K) Who gives them sight or makes them blind?(L) Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go;(M) I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”(N)
13 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”(O)
14 Then the Lord’s anger burned(P) against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet(Q) you, and he will be glad to see you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth;(R) I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth(S) and as if you were God to him.(T) 17 But take this staff(U) in your hand(V) so you can perform the signs(W) with it.”
Moses Returns to Egypt
18 Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.”
Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.”
19 Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill(X) you are dead.(Y)” 20 So Moses took his wife and sons,(Z) put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff(AA) of God in his hand.
21 The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders(AB) I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart(AC) so that he will not let the people go.(AD) 22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,(AE) 23 and I told you, “Let my son go,(AF) so he may worship(AG) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”(AH)
24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses[b] and was about to kill(AI) him. 25 But Zipporah(AJ) took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin(AK) and touched Moses’ feet with it.[c] “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. 26 So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)
27 The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain(AL) of God and kissed(AM) him. 28 Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform.
29 Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders(AN) of the Israelites, 30 and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs(AO) before the people, 31 and they believed.(AP) And when they heard that the Lord was concerned(AQ) about them and had seen their misery,(AR) they bowed down and worshiped.(AS)
Footnotes
- Exodus 4:6 The Hebrew word for leprous was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
- Exodus 4:24 Hebrew him
- Exodus 4:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Exodus 4
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Exodus 4
World English Bible
4 Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”
2 Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
He said, “A rod.”
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.
4 Yahweh 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.
5 “This is so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.” 6 Yahweh 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.
7 He said, “Put your hand inside your cloak again.”
He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
8 “It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”
10 Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord,[a] I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
11 Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
13 Moses said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”
14 Yahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 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 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”
20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand. 21 Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. 22 You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says, Israel is my son, my firstborn, 23 and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”
24 On the way at a lodging place, Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
26 So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
27 Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.”
He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him. 28 Moses told Aaron all Yahweh’s words with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him. 29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel. 30 Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Footnotes
- 4:10 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.
Exodus 4
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Exodus 4
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4 But Moses said, “They won’t believe me! They won’t do what I tell them to. They’ll say, ‘Jehovah never appeared to you!’”
2 “What do you have there in your hand?” the Lord asked him.
And he replied, “A shepherd’s rod.”
3 “Throw it down on the ground,” the Lord told him. So he threw it down—and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it!
4 Then the Lord told him, “Grab it by the tail!” He did, and it became a rod in his hand again!
5 “Do that and they will believe you!” the Lord told him. “Then they will realize that Jehovah, the God of their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has really appeared to you. 6 Now reach your hand inside your robe, next to your chest.” And when he did, and took it out again, it was white with leprosy! 7 “Now put it in again,” Jehovah said. And when he did, and took it out again, it was normal, just as before!
8 “If they don’t believe the first miracle, they will the second,” the Lord said, 9 “and if they don’t accept you after these two signs, then take water from the Nile River and pour it upon the dry land, and it will turn to blood.”
10 But Moses pleaded, “O Lord, I’m just not a good speaker. I never have been, and I’m not now, even after you have spoken to me, for I have a speech impediment.”[a]
11 “Who makes mouths?” Jehovah asked him. “Isn’t it I, the Lord? Who makes a man so that he can speak or not speak, see or not see, hear or not hear? 12 Now go ahead and do as I tell you, for I will help you to speak well, and I will tell you what to say.”
13 But Moses said, “Lord, please! Send someone else.”
14 Then the Lord became angry. “All right,” he said, “your brother, Aaron,[b] is a good speaker. And he is coming here to look for you and will be very happy when he finds you. 15 So I will tell you what to tell him, and I will help both of you to speak well, and I will tell you what to do. 16 He will be your spokesman to the people. And you will be as God to him, telling him what to say. 17 And be sure to take your rod along so that you can perform the miracles I have shown you.”
18 Moses returned home and talked it over with Jethro, his father-in-law. “With your permission,” Moses said, “I will go back to Egypt and visit my relatives. I don’t even know whether they are still alive.”
“Go with my blessing,” Jethro replied.
19 Before Moses left Midian, Jehovah said to him, “Don’t be afraid to return to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.”
20 So Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt, holding tightly to the “rod of God”!
21 Jehovah told him, “When you arrive back in Egypt you are to go to Pharaoh and do the miracles I have shown you, but I will make him stubborn so that he will not let the people go. 22 Then you are to tell him, ‘Jehovah says, “Israel is my eldest son, 23 and I have commanded you to let him go away and worship me, but you have refused: and now see, I will slay your eldest son.”’”
24 As Moses and his family were traveling along and had stopped for the night, Jehovah appeared to Moses and threatened to kill him. 25-26 Then Zipporah his wife took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her young son’s penis, and threw it against Moses’ feet, remarking disgustedly, “What a blood-smeared husband you’ve turned out to be!”
Then God left him alone.
27 Now Jehovah said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So Aaron traveled to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God, and met Moses there, and they greeted each other warmly. 28 Moses told Aaron what God had said they must do, and what they were to say, and told him about the miracles they must do before Pharaoh.
29 So Moses and Aaron returned to Egypt and summoned the elders of the people of Israel to a council meeting. 30 Aaron told them what Jehovah had said to Moses, and Moses performed the miracles as they watched. 31 Then the elders believed that God had sent them, and when they heard that Jehovah had visited them and had seen their sorrows, and had decided to rescue them, they all rejoiced and bowed their heads and worshiped.
Footnotes
- Exodus 4:10 I have a speech impediment, literally, “my speech is slow and halting.”
- Exodus 4:14 your brother, Aaron, literally, “your brother the Levite.”
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