²⁸ And so it was on a certain day^[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt. ²⁹ And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, all that I am speaking to you.” ³⁰ And Moses said before Yahweh, “Look, I am a poor speaker.^[b] And how will Pharaoh listen to me?”

Yahweh Reviews Plans for Bringing the Israelites out of Egypt

7 And Yahweh said to Moses, “See, I have made you as a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet. ² You will speak all that I will command you, and Aaron your brother will speak to Pharaoh, and he will release the Israelites^[c] from his land. ³ And I myself will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I will make my signs and my wonders numerous in the land of Egypt. ⁴ And Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will put my hand into Egypt and bring out my divisions, my people, the Israelites,^[d] from the land of Egypt with great punishments. ⁵ And the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand over Egypt and bring the Israelites^[e] out from their midst.”

⁶ And Moses and Aaron did it; as Yahweh commanded them, so they did. ⁷ (And Moses was eighty years old,^[f] and Aaron was eighty-three years old^[g] when they spoke to Pharaoh.)