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30 But Moses, standing there before the Lord, said, “You know me. I’m a very bad speaker. How will I make the king listen to me?”

The Lord said to Moses, “See how important I have made you? In speaking to Pharaoh, you will be like God, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You will tell Aaron everything that I command you. Then he will tell the king what I say. And Pharaoh will let the Israelites leave this country. But I will make Pharaoh stubborn so that he will not do what you tell him. Then I will do many miracles in Egypt to prove who I am. But he will still refuse to listen. So then I will punish Egypt very much. And I will lead my army, my people, out of that land. I will punish the people of Egypt, and they will learn that I am the Lord. Then I will lead my people out of their country.”

Moses and Aaron did what the Lord told them.

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

Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God(B) to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.(C) You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart,(D) and though I multiply my signs and wonders(E) in Egypt, he will not listen(F) to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment(G) I will bring out my divisions,(H) my people the Israelites. And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord(I) when I stretch out my hand(J) against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”

Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded(K) them.