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Then the Lord said to Moses, "^(a)See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.

You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother ^(b)Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

But ^(c)I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may ^(d)multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

When ^(e)Pharaoh does not listen to you, then I will lay My hand on Egypt and ^(f)bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by ^(g)great judgments.

^(h)The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord , when I ⁽ⁱ⁾stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst."

So Moses and Aaron did it; ^(j)as the Lord commanded them, thus they did.

Moses was ^(k)eighty years old and Aaron ^[a]eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

"When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘^[b](l)Work a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, ‘^(m)Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'"