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The LORD said to Moshe, "Behold, I have made you as God to Par`oh; and Aharon your brother shall be your prophet.
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You shall speak all that I command you; and Aharon your brother shall speak to Par`oh, that he let the children of Yisra'el go out of his land.
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I will harden Par`oh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Mitzrayim.
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But Par`oh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Mitzrayim, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Yisra'el, out of the land of Mitzrayim by great judgments.
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The Mitzrim shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand on Mitzrayim, and bring out the children of Yisra'el from among them."
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Moshe and Aharon did so. As the LORD commanded them, so they did.
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Moshe was eighty years old, and Aharon eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Par`oh.
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The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,
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"When Par`oh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Par`oh, that it become a serpent.'"