Exodus 6:14-7:13

New International Version

¹⁴These were the heads of their families^[a]:^(A)

The sons of Reuben^(B) the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

¹⁵The sons of Simeon^(C) were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

¹⁶These were the names of the sons of Levi^(D) according to their records: Gershon,^(E) Kohath and Merari.^(F) Levi lived 137 years.

¹⁷The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.^(G)

¹⁸The sons of Kohath^(H) were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(I) Kohath lived 133 years.

¹⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.^(J)

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

²⁰Amram^(K) married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses.^(L) Amram lived 137 years.

²¹The sons of Izhar^(M) were Korah, Nepheg and Zikri.

²²The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan^(N) and Sithri.

²³Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab^(O) and sister of Nahshon,^(P) and she bore him Nadab and Abihu,^(Q) Eleazar^(R) and Ithamar.^(S)

²⁴The sons of Korah^(T) were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.

²⁵Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.^(U)

These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

²⁶It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt^(V) by their divisions.”^(W) ²⁷They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh^(X) king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.^(Y)

Aaron to Speak for Moses

²⁸Now when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt, ²⁹he said to him, “I am the Lord.^(Z) Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you.”

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

7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God^(AB) to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.^(AC) ²You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. ³But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart,^(AD) and though I multiply my signs and wonders^(AE) in Egypt, ⁴he will not listen^(AF) to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment^(AG) I will bring out my divisions,^(AH) my people the Israelites. ⁵And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord^(AI) when I stretch out my hand^(AJ) against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”

⁶Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded^(AK) them. ⁷Moses was eighty years old^(AL) and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Snake

⁸The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ⁹“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,^(AM)’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”^(AN)

¹⁰So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake. ¹¹Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers,^(AO) and the Egyptian magicians^(AP) also did the same things by their secret arts:^(AQ) ¹²Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. ¹³Yet Pharaoh’s heart^(AR) became hard and he would not listen^(AS) to them, just as the Lord had said.