4 And the Lord said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand, and take him by the tail.' He stretched out his hand, and took him [by the tail]; and he became a rod in his hand.

5 This is that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.

6 And the Lord said unto him, Put thy hand in thy bosom. And he put his hand in his bosom, and took it out, and behold, his hand was white with leprosy as snow.

7 And the Lord said to him, Put thy hand again in thy bosom. And he put his hand in his bosom; and he took it out of his bosom, and behold, it was again like his body.

8 If they do not believe you, and do not listen to the voice of the first sign, they will believe the voice of the sign of another;

9 But if they do not believe these two signs, and do not listen to your voice, then take water out of the river, and pour it out on the dry land. and the water taken out of the river shall become blood on the dry land.

10 And Moses said to the Lord, 'O Lord! I am not a man of speech, and so I was yesterday and the third day, and when Thou didst begin to speak to Thy servant: I speak hard, and tongue-tied.

11 And the Lord said to [Moses], "Who gave the mouth to man?" Who makes dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Am I not the Lord [God]?

12 therefore go, and I will be at your mouth, and I will teach you what to say.

13 [Moses] said, "Lord! send another whom you can send.

14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, 'Hast thou not Aaron the brother of the Levite?' I know that he can speak, and behold, he will come out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will rejoice in his heart;

15 Thou shalt speak unto him, and put my words into his mouth, but I will be with thy mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

16 And he shall speak in your stead to the people; therefore he shall be thy mouth, and thou shalt be to him in the place of God;

17 And take this rod [which was turned into a serpent] in thy hand, and with it thou shalt do signs.