Exodus 6:12
But Moses replied, “Even my own people don't listen to me. Why would Pharaoh listen to me, especially since I'm such a poor speaker?”
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11“Go and speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Tell him to let the Israelites leave his country.”
Cross References
Exodus 3:13Then Moses said to God, “Look! If I were to go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ —then what should I tell them?”
Exodus 4:10Then Moses said to the Lord, “Please excuse me, but I'm not someone who is good with words—not in the past, and not from the time you have been speaking with me, your servant. My speech is slow and I don't say things well.”
Exodus 5:19The Israelite supervisors realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the daily production of bricks.”
Exodus 6:30But Moses replied, “I'm not a good speaker—why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord your God will make you and your descendants his again, and you will love him with all your mind and with all your being, so that you'll live.
Jeremiah 1:6“Oh no, Lord God!” I replied. “I really don't know how to speak in public because I'm still too young!”
Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:11-14
10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 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? 13 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. Here, I. God sends… Read the whole commentary →