Exodus 6

God Promises Deliverance

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For a with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand b he will drive them out of his land."

2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: "I am 1 the LORD. 3 c "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as d God Almighty, but by My name e LORD 2 I was not known to them. 4 f "I have also 3 established My covenant with them, g to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their 4 pilgrimage, h in which they were 5 strangers. 5 "And i I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. 6 "Therefore say to the children of Israel: j 'I am the LORD; k I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will l rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with 6 an outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 'I will m take you as My people, and n I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God who brings you out o from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 'And I will bring you into the land which I p swore 7 to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the LORD.' " 9 So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; q but they did not heed Moses, because of r anguish 8 of spirit and cruel bondage.

10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 11 "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land." 12 And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for s I am 9 of uncircumcised lips?" 13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a t command 10 for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses: u The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben. 15 v And the sons of Simeon were 11 Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon. 16 These are the names of w the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven. 17 x The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families. 18 And y the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three. 19 z The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations. 20 Now a Amram took for himself b Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she bore him c Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven. 21 d The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And e the sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of f Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him g Nadab, Abihu, h Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And i the sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. 25 Eleazar, Aaron's son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and j she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.

26 These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their k armies." 12 27 These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, l to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are the same Moses and Aaron.

28 And it came to pass, on the day the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the LORD. m Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you." 30 But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, n I am 13 of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?"

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 3:19
    But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 12:31
    Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise, go out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the LORD as you have said.
    Exodus 12:33
    And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, "We shall all be dead.
    Exodus 12:39
    And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 17:1
    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
    Genesis 35:9
    Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him.
    Genesis 48:3
    Then Jacob said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 28:3
    May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples.
    Genesis 35:11
    Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 3:14
    And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He ...
    Exodus 3:15
    Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say...
    Exodus 15:3
    The LORD is a man of war; The LORD is His name.
    Psalms 68:4
    Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Hi...
    Psalms 83:18
    That they may know that You, whose name alone i...
    Isaiah 52:6
    Therefore My people shall know My name; Therefo...
    Jeremiah 16:21
    Therefore behold, I will this once cause them t...
    Ezekiel 37:6
    "I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon ...
    Ezekiel 37:13
    Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I ...
    John 8:58
    Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to y...
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To y...
    Genesis 15:18
    On the same day the LORD made a covenant with A...
    Genesis 17:4
    As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and...
    Genesis 17:7
    And I will establish My covenant between Me and...
    Genesis 17:8
    "Also I give to you and your descendants after ...
    Genesis 26:3
    Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and ...
    Genesis 28:4
    And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you an...
    Genesis 28:13
    And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "...
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 47:9
    And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
    Leviticus 25:23
    The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 28:4
    And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 2:24
    So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
    Job 34:28
    So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.
    Acts 7:34
    "I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt."'
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 13:3
    And Moses said to the people: "Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out of this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
    Exodus 13:14
    So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall say to him, 'By strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
    Exodus 20:2
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
    Deuteronomy 6:12
    Then beware, lest you forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 3:17
    "and I have said I will bring you up out of the...
    Exodus 7:4
    But Pharaoh will not heed you, so that I may la...
    Exodus 12:51
    And it came to pass, on that very same day, tha...
    Exodus 16:6
    Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children o...
    Exodus 18:1
    And Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father...
    Deuteronomy 26:8
    So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a migh...
    Psalms 136:11
    And brought out Israel from among them, For His...
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 15:13
    You in Your mercy have led forth The people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength To Your holy habitation.
    Deuteronomy 7:8
    But because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
    1 Chronicles 17:21
    And who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people - to make for Yourself a name by great and awesome deeds, by driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt?
    Nehemiah 1:10
    Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 19:5
    Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
    Deuteronomy 4:20
    But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
    2 Samuel 7:24
    For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, LORD, have become their God.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 17:7
    And I will establish My covenant between Me and...
    Exodus 29:45
    I will dwell among the children of Israel and w...
    Exodus 29:46
    And they shall know that I am the LORD their Go...
    Leviticus 26:12
    I will walk among you and be your God, and you ...
    Leviticus 26:13
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of ...
    Leviticus 26:45
    But for their sake I will remember the covenant...
    Deuteronomy 29:13
    That He may establish you today as a people for...
    Revelation 21:7
    He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and ...
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 5:4
    Then the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor.
    Exodus 5:5
    And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 15:18
    On the same day the LORD made a covenant with A...
    Genesis 26:3
    Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and ...
    Numbers 14:30
    Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshu...
    Nehemiah 9:15
    You gave them bread from heaven for their hunge...
    Ezekiel 20:5
    "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the ...
    Ezekiel 20:6
    On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them...
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 5:21
    And they said to them, "Let the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 2:23
    Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
    Numbers 21:4
    Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 4:10
    Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.
    Exodus 6:30
    But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me?
    Jeremiah 1:6
    Then said I: "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.
  20. Cross References
    Numbers 27:19
    Set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate him in their sight.
    Numbers 27:23
    And he laid his hands on him and inaugurated him, just as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
    Deuteronomy 31:14
    Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, the days approach when you must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may inaugurate him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting.
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 46:9
    The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
    Numbers 26:5 - 11
    Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites.
    1 Chronicles 5:3
    The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 46:10
    The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.
    Numbers 26:12 - 14
    The sons of Simeon according to their families were: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites.
    1 Chronicles 4:24
    The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 46:11
    The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    Numbers 3:17
    These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    1 Chronicles 6:16 - 30
    The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  24. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:17
    These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
  25. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:2
    The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
    1 Chronicles 6:18
    The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
  26. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:19
    The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:
    1 Chronicles 23:21
    The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
  27. Cross References
    Exodus 2:1
    And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.
    Exodus 2:2
    So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.
    Numbers 3:19
    And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
  28. Cross References
    Numbers 26:59
    The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.
  29. Cross References
    Numbers 26:59
    The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.
  30. Cross References
    Numbers 16:1
    Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.
    1 Chronicles 6:37
    The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah.
    1 Chronicles 6:38
    The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
  31. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:4
    Then Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
  32. Cross References
    Ruth 4:19
    Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab.
    Ruth 4:20
    Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.
    1 Chronicles 2:10
    Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, leader of the children of Judah.
    Matthew 1:4
    Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.
  33. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:1
    Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.
    Numbers 3:2
    And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    Numbers 26:60
    To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
  34. Cross References
    Exodus 28:1
    Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  35. Cross References
    Numbers 26:11
    Nevertheless the children of Korah did not die.
  36. Cross References
    Numbers 25:7
    Now when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand.
    Numbers 25:11
    Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal.
    Joshua 24:33
    And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.
  37. Cross References
    Exodus 7:4
    But Pharaoh will not heed you, so that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
    Exodus 12:17
    So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.
    Exodus 12:51
    And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the LORD brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt according to their armies.
    Numbers 33:1
    These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
  38. Cross References
    Exodus 6:13
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a command for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
    Exodus 32:7
    And the LORD said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
    Exodus 33:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses, "Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'To your descendants I will give it.
    Psalms 77:20
    You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
  39. Cross References
    Exodus 6:11
    "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land."
    Exodus 7:2
    You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land.
  40. Cross References
    Exodus 4:10
    Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.
    Exodus 6:12
    And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "The children of Israel have not heeded me. How then shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?
    Jeremiah 1:6
    Then said I: "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.
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