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Exodus 6:11Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 12:33Exod 12:31Exod 12:39Exod 3:19-20Ps 136:12Deut 32:39Exod 11:1Ezek 20:33-342 Chr 20:17Isa 63:12
Exodus 6:22God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 17:24-25Isa 42:8Jer 9:24Mal 3:6Exod 14:18Exod 17:1Exod 20:2Exod 6:6Exod 6:8Gen 15:7
Exodus 6:33I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name ‘the Lord ’ I was not known to them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 83:18Gen 17:1Ps 68:4Exod 3:14Gen 35:11Gen 48:3Isa 44:6Gen 12:7-8Isa 42:8Isa 52:5-6
Exodus 6:44I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 28:4Gen 15:18Gen 17:7-8Gen 26:3Acts 7:5Isa 55:32 Sam 23:5Gen 15:13Gen 17:13Gen 17:4
Exodus 6:55I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 2:24Ps 106:44-45Isa 63:9Exod 3:7Gen 8:1Gen 9:15Luke 1:54Luke 1:72Ps 105:8
Exodus 6:66Therefore, tell the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 26:81 Chr 17:21Deut 7:8Exod 7:4Neh 1:10Deut 15:15Exod 3:17Ps 136:11-12Ps 81:62 Kgs 17:36
Exodus 6:77I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 29:13Deut 7:6Deut 4:202 Sam 7:23-24Deut 14:2Deut 26:18Exod 29:45-46Gen 17:7-8Rev 21:71 Pet 2:10
Exodus 6:88I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob—and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 15:18Gen 26:3Ezek 20:42Ezek 20:5-6Gen 14:22Deut 32:40Exod 32:13Ezek 47:14Gen 28:13Gen 35:12
Exodus 6:99Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 5:21Job 21:4Exod 14:12Num 21:4Prov 14:19
Exodus 6:1010Then the Lord said to Moses,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 6:1111“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 3:10Exod 5:1Exod 5:23Exod 6:29Exod 7:1
Exodus 6:1212But Moses replied to the Lord, “If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 4:10Exod 6:30Jer 1:6Jer 6:10Acts 7:51Exod 6:9Lev 26:41Exod 3:13Exod 4:29-31Deut 30:6
Exodus 6:1313The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:181 Tim 5:211 Tim 6:132 Tim 4:1Deut 31:14Num 27:23Ps 91:111 Tim 6:172 Tim 2:4Matt 4:6
Exodus 6:1414These were the heads of their fathers’ households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 46:91 Chr 5:3Num 26:5-71 Chr 5:241 Chr 7:21 Chr 7:71 Chr 8:6Exod 6:25Gen 49:3-4Josh 13:15
Exodus 6:1515The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 4:24Gen 46:10Num 26:12-13
Exodus 6:1616Now these were the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 46:11Num 3:171 Chr 6:11 Chr 6:16Num 26:571 Chr 23:6Exod 6:18Exod 6:20Gen 35:28Gen 47:28
Exodus 6:1717The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:17Num 3:181 Chr 23:7Gen 46:11
Exodus 6:1818The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:181 Chr 6:2Num 3:19Num 26:57
Exodus 6:1919The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 23:211 Chr 6:19Num 3:20
Exodus 6:2020Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram’s life was 137 years.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 2:1-2Num 26:59Exod 6:16Exod 6:18
Exodus 6:2121The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:37-38Num 16:1Exod 6:24Num 16:32Num 26:10-11
Exodus 6:2222The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 10:4Num 3:30Neh 3:20
Exodus 6:2323Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ruth 4:19-20Num 2:31 Chr 2:101 Chr 6:3Num 1:7Matt 1:41 Chr 24:1-2Exod 24:1Exod 24:9Lev 10:1-2
Exodus 6:2424The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:22-231 Chr 6:27-281 Chr 6:331 Chr 6:37-381 Sam 1:1Exod 6:21Num 16:1Num 16:32Num 26:9-11Ps 84:1-85:1
Exodus 6:2525Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Levi according to their clans.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 24:33Num 25:7-13Josh 22:13Josh 22:31-32Judg 20:28Num 31:6Ps 106:30-31
Exodus 6:2626It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 12:17Exod 12:51Exod 7:4Exod 6:13Num 33:11 Chr 6:31 Sam 12:61 Sam 12:8Acts 7:35-36Exod 13:18
Exodus 6:2727They were the men who were speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 32:7Exod 33:1Exod 5:1-3Exod 6:13Exod 6:26Exod 7:10Mic 6:4Ps 77:20
Exodus 6:2828When the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 6:2929he said to him, “I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 6:11Exod 7:2Exod 6:2Exod 6:6Exod 6:8Acts 20:27Ezek 2:6-7Ezek 3:11Ezek 3:17Jer 1:17-19
Exodus 6:3030But Moses said before the Lord, “Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 6:12Exod 4:101 Cor 9:16-17
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