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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 4, Verse 16

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And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
King James Version
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
American Standard Version
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
New English Translation
He will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were his God.
World English Bible
He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
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And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
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And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which [are] in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
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And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
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And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:
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And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn.
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And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
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Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me.
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So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband [thou art], because of the circumcision.