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Then the LORD said unto Moses Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh for with a strong hand shall he let them go and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land
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And God spake unto Moses and said unto him I am the LORD
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And I appeared unto Abraham unto Isaac and unto Jacob by the name of God Almighty but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them
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And I have also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers
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And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage and I have remembered my covenant
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Wherefore say unto the children of Israel I am the LORD and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians and I will rid you out of their bondage and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm and with great judgments
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And I will take you to me for a people and I will be to you a God and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians
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And I will bring you in unto the land concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob and I will give it you for an heritage I am the LORD
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And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage
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And the LORD spake unto Moses saying
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Go in speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt that he let the children of Israel go out of his land
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And Moses spake before the LORD saying Behold the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me how then shall Pharaoh hear me who am of uncircumcised lips
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt
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These be the heads of their thers’ houses The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel Hanoch and Pallu Hezron and Carmi these be the families of Reuben
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And the sons of Simeon Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman these are the families of Simeon
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And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations Gershon and Kohath and Merari and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years
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The sons of Gershon Libni and Shimi according to their families
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And the sons of Kohath Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years
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And the sons of Merari Mahali and Mushi these are the families of Levi according to their generations
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And Amram took him Jochebed his ather’s sister to wife and she bare him Aaron and Moses and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years
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And the sons of Izhar Korah and Nepheg and Zichri
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And the sons of Uzziel Mishael and Elzaphan and Zithri
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And Aaron took him Elisheba daughter of Amminadab sister of Naashon to wife and she bare him Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar
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And the sons of Korah Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph these are the families of the Korhites
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And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife and she bare him Phinehas these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families
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These are that Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies
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These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt these are that Moses and Aaron
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And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt
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That the LORD spake unto Moses saying I am the LORD speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee
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And Moses said before the LORD Behold I am of uncircumcised lips and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me