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Exodus 6

God's promise and the family of Levi

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6:1And the Lord said to Moses: "Now you will see what I am going to do to Pharaoh: for by a strong hand he will let them go, and with a mighty hand he will throw them out of his land." 6:2And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "I am the Lord who appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God almighty: and my name Adonai I did not make known to them. 6:4And I struck a covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourning, in which they were newcomers. 6:5I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, with which the Egyptians have oppressed them: and I have remembered my covenant.

6:6Therefore say to the sons of Israel: 'I am the Lord who will lead you out of the workhouse of the Egyptians, and will rescue you from slavery, and will redeem you with an arm raised high and with great judgements. 6:7And I will take you to myself as a people, and I will be your God: and you will know that I am the Lord your God who have led you out of the workhouse of the Egyptians, and brought you into the land over which I lifted my hand to give it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: and I will give it to you to be possessed. 6:8I am the Lord.'"

6:9So Moses told everything to the sons of Israel: and they did not give heed to him because of distress of spirit, and very hard work. 6:10And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Go in, and speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he let the sons of Israel go from his land." 6:12Moses answered before the Lord: "Look, the sons of Israel do not hear me: and how will Pharaoh hear, especially since I am uncircumcised of lips?" 6:13And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave a command to the sons of Israel, and to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that they should lead the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

6:14These are the heads of the houses according to their families. 6:14The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are the kindreds of Reuben. 6:15The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman: these are the offspring of Simeon. 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their kindreds: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 6:16And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven. 6:17The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their kindreds. 6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; 6:18and the years of the life of Kohath, a hundred and thirty-three.

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6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families. 6:20And Amram took as wife Jochebed his father's sister: and she bore him Aaron and Moses. 6:20And the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven. 6:21The sons also of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 6:22The sons also of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 6:23And Aaron took as wife Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, who bore him Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 6:24The sons also of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the kindreds of the Korahites. 6:25But Eleazar, son of Aaron, took a wife from the daughters of Putiel: and she bore him Phinehas.

6:25These are the heads of the Levitical families according to their kindreds. 6:26This is the Aaron and Moses whom the Lord commanded to lead the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their companies. 6:27These are the ones who speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to lead the sons of Israel out of Egypt: this is the Moses and Aaron, on the day on which the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt. 6:29And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "I am the Lord: speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, all the things which I speak to you." 6:30And Moses said before the Lord: "Look, I am uncircumcised of lips: how will Pharaoh hear me?"

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Vulgate, Exodus 1–20. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.