1 And the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I am about to do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will be forced to let them go, driving them out of his land because of my outstretched arm. 2 And God said to Moses, I am Yahweh: 3 I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh. 4 And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings. 5 And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have kept in mind my agreement. 6 Say then to the children of Israel, I am Yahweh, and I will take you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians, and make you safe from their power, and will make you free by the strength of my arm after great punishments. 7 And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh. 9 And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work. 10 And the Lord said to Moses, 11 Go in and say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he is to let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And Moses, answering the Lord, said, See, the children of Israel will not give ear to me; how then will Pharaoh give ear to me, whose lips are unclean? 13 And the word of the Lord came to Moses and Aaron, with orders for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 14 These are the heads of their fathers' families: the sons of Reuben the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul, the son of a woman of Canaan: these are the families of Simeon. 16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi in the order of their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the years of Levi's life were a hundred and thirty-seven. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, in the order of their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel: and the years of Kohath's life were a hundred and thirty-three. 19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, in the order of their generations. 20 And Amram took Jochebed, his father's sister, as wife; and she gave birth to Aaron and Moses: and the years of Amram's life were a hundred and thirty-seven. 21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. 23 And Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon; and she gave birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korahites. 25 And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel; and she gave birth to Phinehas. These are the heads of the families of the Levites, in the order of their families. 26 These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, Take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt in their armies. 27 These are the men who gave orders to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of Egypt: these are the same Moses and Aaron. 28 And on the day when the word of the Lord came to Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord: say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I am saying to you. 30 And Moses said to the Lord, My lips are unclean; how is it possible that Pharaoh will give me a hearing?
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Abiasaph
A son of Korah, listed in Exodus 6 among the Korahite clans of the Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:37; 1 Chronicles 9:19
Abihu
Aaron's son who died alongside Nadab for offering unauthorized fire in the sanctuary.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:23; Leviticus 10:1-2
Amminadab
His family rose to prominence in Judah around the time of the Exodus.
Cited in the guide: Exod. 6:23; Ruth 4:19-20; 1 Chron. 2:10; Matt. 1:4
Amram
Husband of Jochebed and father of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:18–20; Numbers 26:59
Assir
A son of Korah, listed in Exodus 6 among the Korahite clans of the Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:22
Carmi
Reuben's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Carmite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6
Eleazar
Aaron's son who succeeded him as high priest and served alongside Joshua.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:23; Numbers 20:25-28
Elisheba
Wife of Aaron the high priest and mother of Israel's priestly line.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:23
Elkanah
A son of Korah, listed in Exodus 6 among the Korahite clans of the Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:24
Elzaphan
A son of Uzziel who with Mishael carried the bodies of Nadab and Abihu outside the camp, and who was later the leader of the Kohathite families.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:22; Leviticus 10:4; Numbers 3:30
Hanoch
Reuben's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hanochite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5
Hebron
Kohath's third-listed son and the founder of the Hebronite clan of the Kohathite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19; 1 Chronicles 6:2
Hezron
Reuben's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hezronite clan of Reuben.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:6
Ithamar
Aaron's youngest son, head of a priestly division and overseer of the tabernacle's service.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:23; Numbers 4:28
Izhar
Kohath's second-listed son and the father of Korah, Nepheg and Zichri, whose descendants were the Izharite clan.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:18; Exodus 6:21; Numbers 3:19
Jachin
Simeon's fourth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jachinite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12
Jamin
Simeon's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Jaminite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12
Jemuel
Simeon's first-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; Numbers 26:12 gives the name Nemuel in the same place and calls his clan the Nemuelites.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12
Jochebed
The Levite mother who hid her baby in the Nile to save Moses' life.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2; Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59
Kohath
A son of Levi whose clan would carry the holiest things of the tabernacle.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16–18; Numbers 4:1–20
Korah
A Kohathite Levite, son of Izhar, who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron with Dathan, Abiram and 250 leaders and was swallowed by the earth, though his line did not die out.…
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:21; Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:5
Levi
A son of Leah whose tribe was set apart for the service of God.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:34; 34; Exodus 6:16–20
Libni
Gershon's first-listed son and the founder of the Libnite clan of the Gershonite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17
Mahli
Merari's first-listed son and the founder of the Mahlite clan of the Merarite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 6:19
Mishael
A son of Uzziel and cousin of Nadab and Abihu, who with Elzaphan carried their bodies outside the camp at Moses' command.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:22; Leviticus 10:4
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Mushi
Merari's second-listed son and the founder of the Mushite clan of the Merarite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 6:19
Nadab
Aaron's eldest son, who died offering unauthorized fire before the LORD.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:23; Leviticus 10:1-2
Nepheg
A son of Izhar, a brother of Korah, listed among the Kohathite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:21
Ohad
Simeon's third-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and is not named in the clan list of Numbers 26.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15
Pallu
Reuben's second-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household, founded the Palluite clan, and was the father of Eliab.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5
Phinehas
Eleazar's zealous son, granted a covenant of lasting priesthood for his devotion to God's honor.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:25; Numbers 25:7-13
Putiel
A man one of whose daughters married Eleazar, Aaron's son, and bore him Phinehas.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:25
Shaul
Simeon's son by a Canaanite woman, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Shaulite clan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13
Shimei
Gershon's second-listed son and the founder of the Shimeite clan of the Gershonite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17
Sithri
A son of Uzziel, listed among the Kohathite Levites in Exodus 6.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:22
Uzziel
Kohath's fourth-listed son, the uncle of Aaron, who fathered Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri and founded the Uzzielite clan.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:18; Exodus 6:22; Leviticus 10:4
Zichri
A son of Izhar, a brother of Korah, listed among the Kohathite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:21
Zohar
Simeon's fifth-listed son, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household; the clan list of Numbers 26:13 gives the name Zerah in the same place.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 12:33; Exodus 3:19–20; Exodus 12:39; Exodus 12:31; Psalm 136:12
- 2 Malachi 3:6; Acts 17:24–25; Isaiah 42:8; Jeremiah 9:24; Exodus 20:2
- 3 Psalm 83:18; Genesis 17:1; Psalm 68:4; Exodus 3:14; Genesis 48:3
- 4 Genesis 28:4; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:7–8; Genesis 26:3; Isaiah 55:3
- 5 Exodus 2:24; Psalm 106:44–45; Isaiah 63:9; Exodus 3:7; Luke 1:72
- 6 Deuteronomy 26:8; 1 Chronicles 17:21; Deuteronomy 7:8; Exodus 7:4; Nehemiah 1:10
- 7 Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 29:13; Deuteronomy 4:20; Deuteronomy 14:2; Revelation 21:7
- 8 Genesis 26:3; Genesis 15:18; Ezekiel 20:42; Ezekiel 20:5–6; Genesis 14:22
- 9 Exodus 5:21; Job 21:4; Numbers 21:4; Proverbs 14:19; Exodus 14:12
- 11 Exodus 5:23; Exodus 6:29; Exodus 5:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 3:10
- 12 Exodus 4:10; Exodus 6:30; Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 6:10; Exodus 6:9
- 13 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:13; 1 Timothy 5:21; Psalm 91:11; 2 Timothy 4:1
- 14 Genesis 46:9; 1 Chronicles 5:3; Numbers 26:5–7; 1 Chronicles 7:2; Joshua 13:23
- 15 1 Chronicles 4:24; Genesis 46:10; Numbers 26:12–13
- 16 Numbers 3:17; Genesis 46:11; 1 Chronicles 6:16; 1 Chronicles 6:1; Numbers 26:57
- 17 1 Chronicles 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 23:7; Genesis 46:11
- 18 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 6:2; Numbers 3:19; Numbers 26:57
- 19 1 Chronicles 6:19; Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 23:21
- 20 Numbers 26:59; Exodus 2:1–2; Exodus 6:16; Exodus 6:18
- 21 Numbers 16:1; 1 Chronicles 6:37–38; Numbers 26:10–11; Numbers 16:32; Exodus 6:24
- 22 Leviticus 10:4; Numbers 3:30; Nehemiah 3:20
- 23 Ruth 4:19–20; Numbers 2:3; 1 Chronicles 6:3; Numbers 1:7; 1 Chronicles 2:10
- 24 1 Chronicles 6:22–23; 1 Chronicles 6:27–28; Exodus 6:21; Psalms 84:1–85:1; 1 Chronicles 6:37–38
- 25 Joshua 24:33; Numbers 25:7–13; Joshua 22:13; Numbers 31:6; Psalm 106:30–31
- 26 Exodus 12:17; Exodus 7:4; Exodus 12:51; Exodus 6:13; Numbers 33:1
- 27 Exodus 33:1; Micah 6:4; Psalm 77:20; Exodus 6:13; Exodus 5:1–3
- 29 Exodus 6:11; Exodus 7:2; Exodus 6:2; Exodus 6:8; Exodus 6:6
- 30 Exodus 6:12; Exodus 4:10; 1 Corinthians 9:16–17
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