¹² But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen^(A) to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips^[a]?”^(B)

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.”^(A)

⁶ “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak;^(A) I am too young.”^(B)

³⁰ But Moses said to the Lord, “Since I speak with faltering lips,^(A) why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

⁵¹ “You stiff-necked people!^(A) Your hearts^(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!

⁴¹ which made me hostile^(A) toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies—then when their uncircumcised hearts^(B) are humbled^(C) and they pay^(D) for their sin,

⁹ Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.^(A)

²⁹ Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders^(A) of the Israelites, ³⁰ and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs^(B) before the people, ³¹ and they believed.^(C) And when they heard that the Lord was concerned^(D) about them and had seen their misery,^(E) they bowed down and worshiped.^(F)