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- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Ѿвѣща́ же мѡѷсе́й и҆ речѐ: а҆́ще не ᲂу҆вѣ́рꙋютъ мѝ, нижѐ послꙋ́шаютъ гла́са моегѡ̀, рекꙋ́тъ бо, ꙗ҆́кѡ не ꙗ҆ви́сѧ тебѣ̀ бг҃ъ, что̀ рекꙋ̀ къ ни̑мъ;
1 Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”
2 И҆ речѐ къ немꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь: что̀ сїѐ є҆́сть въ рꙋцѣ̀ твое́й; Ѻ҆́нъ же речѐ: же́злъ.
2 Yahweh said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
3 И҆ речѐ: пове́рзи є҆го̀ на зе́млю. И҆ ве́рже и҆̀ на зе́млю, и҆ бы́сть ѕмі́й: и҆ ѿбѣжѐ мѡѷсе́й ѿ негѡ̀.
3 He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
4 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь къ мѡѷсе́ю: прострѝ рꙋ́кꙋ и҆ и҆мѝ за хво́стъ. Просте́ръ ᲂу҆̀бо рꙋ́кꙋ, взѧ̀ за хво́стъ, и҆ бы́сть же́злъ въ рꙋцѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀.
4 Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.
5 Да ᲂу҆вѣ́рꙋютъ тѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ꙗ҆ви́сѧ тебѣ̀ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ ѻ҆тє́цъ твои́хъ, бг҃ъ а҆враа́мовъ и҆ бг҃ъ і҆саа́ковъ и҆ бг҃ъ і҆а́кѡвль.
5 “This is so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
6 Рече́ же є҆мꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь па́ки: вложѝ рꙋ́кꙋ твою̀ въ нѣ́дро твоѐ. И҆ вложѝ рꙋ́кꙋ въ нѣ́дро своѐ, и҆ и҆з̾ѧ́тъ ю҆̀ ѿ нѣ́дра своегѡ̀, и҆ бы́сть рꙋка̀ є҆гѡ̀ прокаже́на ꙗ҆́кѡ снѣ́гъ.
6 Yahweh said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
7 И҆ речѐ па́ки є҆мꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь: вложѝ рꙋ́кꙋ твою̀ въ нѣ́дро твоѐ. И҆ вложѝ рꙋ́кꙋ свою̀ въ нѣ́дро своѐ, и҆ и҆з̾ѧ́тъ ю҆̀ ѿ нѣ́дра своегѡ̀, и҆ бы́сть па́ки въ рꙋмѧ́нствѣ пло́ти своеѧ̀.
7 He said, “Put your hand inside your cloak again.” He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
8 А҆́ще же не ᲂу҆вѣ́рꙋютъ тебѣ̀, нижѐ послꙋ́шаютъ гла́са зна́менїѧ пе́рвагѡ, ᲂу҆вѣ́рꙋютъ тебѣ̀ ра́ди гла́са зна́менїѧ втора́гѡ:
8 “It will happen, if they will not believe you or listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 и҆ бꙋ́детъ а҆́ще не ᲂу҆вѣ́рꙋютъ тебѣ̀ двѣма̀ зна́менїѧми си́ми, нижѐ послꙋ́шаютъ гла́са твоегѡ̀, да во́змеши ѿ воды̀ рѣчны́ѧ, и҆ пролїе́ши на сꙋ́хо: и҆ бꙋ́детъ вода̀, ю҆́же во́змеши ѿ рѣкѝ, кро́вїю на сꙋ́сѣ.
9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.”
10 Рече́ же мѡѷсе́й ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ: молю́сѧ тѝ, гдⷭ҇и: недоброрѣ́чивъ є҆́смь пре́жде вчера́шнѧгѡ и҆ тре́тїѧгѡ днѐ, нижѐ ѿне́лѣже нача́лъ є҆сѝ гл҃ати рабꙋ̀ твоемꙋ̀: хꙋдогла́сенъ и҆ косноѧзы́ченъ а҆́зъ є҆́смь.
10 Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
11 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь къ мѡѷсе́ю: кто̀ дадѐ ᲂу҆ста̀ человѣ́кꙋ; и҆ кто̀ сотворѝ нѣ́ма и҆ глꙋ́ха, и҆ ви́дѧща и҆ слѣ́па; не а҆́зъ ли гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ;
11 Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh?
12 и҆ нн҃ѣ и҆дѝ, и҆ а҆́зъ ѿве́рзꙋ ᲂу҆ста̀ твоѧ̑ и҆ ᲂу҆стро́ю тебѣ̀, є҆́же и҆́маши глаго́лати.
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
13 Рече́ же мѡѷсе́й: молю́сѧ тѝ, гдⷭ҇и, и҆зберѝ могꙋ́ща и҆но́го, є҆го́же по́слеши.
13 Moses said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”
14 И҆ разгнѣ́вавсѧ ꙗ҆́ростїю гдⷭ҇ь на мѡѷсе́а, речѐ: не се́ ли бра́тъ тво́й а҆арѡ́нъ леѵі́тинъ; вѣ́мъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ глаго́лѧ возглаго́летъ ѻ҆́нъ вмѣ́стѡ тебє̀: и҆ сѐ, то́й и҆зы́детъ во срѣ́тенїе тебѣ̀, и҆ ᲂу҆зрѣ́въ тѧ̀, возра́дꙋетсѧ въ себѣ̀:
14 Yahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 и҆ рече́ши къ немꙋ̀, и҆ вда́си словеса̀ моѧ̑ во ᲂу҆ста̀ є҆гѡ̀: а҆́зъ же ѿве́рзꙋ ᲂу҆ста̀ твоѧ̑ и҆ ᲂу҆ста̀ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ ᲂу҆стро́ю ва́мъ ꙗ҆̀же и҆́мате твори́ти:
15 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
16 и҆ то́й возглаго́летъ ѿ тебє̀ къ лю́демъ, и҆ то́й бꙋ́детъ ᲂу҆ста̀ твоѧ̑: ты́ же бꙋ́деши є҆мꙋ̀ въ тѣ́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же къ бг҃ꙋ:
16 He will be your spokesman to the people. It will happen that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
17 и҆ же́злъ се́й ѡ҆браще́нный въ ѕмїю̀, возмѝ въ рꙋ́кꙋ твою̀, си́мъ сотвори́ши зна́мєнїѧ.
17 You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
18 По́йде же мѡѷсе́й, и҆ возврати́сѧ ко і҆оѳо́рꙋ те́стю своемꙋ̀ и҆ речѐ: пойдꙋ̀ и҆ возвращꙋ́сѧ ко бра́тїи мое́й, и҆̀же во є҆гѵ́птѣ, и҆ ᲂу҆ви́ждꙋ, а҆́ще є҆щѐ жи́ви сꙋ́ть. И҆ речѐ і҆оѳо́ръ къ мѡѷсе́ю: и҆дѝ здра́въ. По дне́хъ же ѻ҆́ныхъ мно́гихъ, ᲂу҆́мре ца́рь є҆гѵ́петскїй.
18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 И҆ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь къ мѡѷсе́ю въ землѝ мадїа́мстѣй: и҆дѝ, ѿидѝ во є҆гѵ́петъ: и҆змро́ша бо всѝ и҆́щꙋщїи дꙋшѝ твоеѧ̀.
19 Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”
20 Пои́мъ же мѡѷсе́й женꙋ̀ свою̀ и҆ ѻ҆троча́та, всадѝ ѧ҆̀ на ѻ҆слѧ́та, и҆ возврати́сѧ во є҆гѵ́петъ. И҆ взѧ̀ мѡѷсе́й же́злъ, и҆́же ѿ бг҃а, въ рꙋ́кꙋ свою̀.
20 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.
21 Рече́ же гдⷭ҇ь къ мѡѷсе́ю: и҆дꙋ́щꙋ тебѣ̀ и҆ возвраща́ющꙋсѧ во є҆гѵ́петъ, зрѝ всѧ̑ чꙋдеса̀, ꙗ҆̀же да́хъ въ рꙋ́цѣ твоѝ, да сотвори́ши ѧ҆̀ пред̾ фараѡ́номъ: а҆́зъ же ѡ҆жесточꙋ̀ се́рдце є҆гѡ̀, и҆ не ѿпꙋ́ститъ люді́й:
21 Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
22 ты́ же возглаго́леши фараѡ́нꙋ: сїѧ̑ гл҃етъ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ є҆вре́йскїй: сы́нъ мо́й пе́рвенецъ і҆и҃ль:
22 You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
23 рѣ́хъ же тебѣ̀: ѿпꙋстѝ лю́ди моѧ̑, да мѝ послꙋ́жатъ: а҆́ще ᲂу҆́бѡ не хо́щеши ѿпꙋсти́ти и҆̀хъ, блюдѝ ᲂу҆̀бо, а҆́зъ ᲂу҆бїю̀ сы́на твоего̀ пе́рвенца.
23 and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”
24 Бы́сть же на пꙋтѝ на станꙋ̀, срѣ́те є҆го̀ а҆́гг҃лъ гдⷭ҇ень и҆ и҆ска́ше є҆го̀ ᲂу҆би́ти.
24 On the way at a lodging place, Yahweh met Moses and wanted to kill him.
25 И҆ взе́мши сепфѡ́ра ка́мень, ѡ҆брѣ́за коне́чнꙋю пло́ть сы́на своегѡ̀, и҆ припадѐ къ нога́мъ є҆гѡ̀ и҆ речѐ: ста̀ кро́вь ѡ҆брѣ́занїѧ сы́на моегѡ̀.
25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
26 И҆ ѿи́де ѿ негѡ̀ а҆́гг҃лъ, зане́же речѐ: ста̀ кро́вь ѡ҆брѣ́занїѧ сы́на моегѡ̀.
26 So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
27 Рече́ же гдⷭ҇ь ко а҆арѡ́нꙋ: и҆зы́ди во срѣ́тенїе мѡѷсе́ю въ пꙋсты́ню. И҆ и҆́де, и҆ срѣ́те є҆го̀ въ горѣ̀ бж҃їи: и҆ цѣлова́стасѧ ѻ҆́ба.
27 Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” He went, and met him on God’s mountain, and kissed him.
28 И҆ повѣ́да мѡѷсе́й а҆арѡ́нꙋ всѧ̑ словеса̀ гдⷭ҇нѧ, ꙗ҆̀же посла̀, и҆ всѧ̑ зна́мєнїѧ, ꙗ҆̀же заповѣ́да є҆мꙋ̀.
28 Moses told Aaron all Yahweh’s words with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.
29 И҆́де же мѡѷсе́й и҆ а҆арѡ́нъ, и҆ собра́ша всѧ̑ ста́рцы сынѡ́въ і҆и҃левыхъ:
29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
30 и҆ глаго́ла и҆̀мъ а҆арѡ́нъ всѧ̑ словеса̀ сїѧ̑, ꙗ҆̀же гл҃а бг҃ъ къ мѡѷсе́ю: и҆ сотворѝ зна́мєнїѧ пред̾ людьмѝ.
30 Aaron spoke all the words which Yahweh had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 И҆ вѣ́роваша лю́дїе, и҆ возра́довашасѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ посѣтѝ бг҃ъ сы́ны і҆и҃лєвы и҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ призрѣ̀ на и҆́хъ скорбѣ́нїе: и҆ прекло́ньшесѧ лю́дїе поклони́шасѧ.
31 The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
People & places in this chapter
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Zipporah
The Midianite daughter of Jethro who became Moses' wife in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:16-22; Exodus 4:24-26; Exodus 18
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 4:31; Jeremiah 1:6; Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:25
- 2 Exodus 4:20; Exodus 4:17; Psalm 110:2; Isaiah 11:4; Genesis 30:37
- 3 Exodus 7:10–15; Amos 5:19; Exodus 4:17
- 4 Mark 16:18; Acts 28:3–6; Luke 10:19; Psalm 91:13; John 2:5
- 5 Exodus 19:9; Genesis 26:2; Exodus 3:15; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 48:3
- 6 2 Kings 5:27; Numbers 12:10
- 7 2 Kings 5:14; Deuteronomy 32:39; Matthew 8:3; Numbers 12:13–15
- 8 Isaiah 28:10; Deuteronomy 32:39; Exodus 4:30–31; 2 Kings 5:7; Job 5:18
- 9 Exodus 1:22; Exodus 7:19–25; Matthew 7:2
- 10 Jeremiah 1:6; Exodus 6:12; Acts 7:22; Exodus 4:1; 2 Corinthians 11:6
- 11 Psalm 146:8; Isaiah 6:7; Amos 3:6; Psalm 94:9; Ezekiel 3:26–27
- 12 Jeremiah 1:9; Luke 12:11–12; Matthew 10:19–20; Luke 21:14–15; Mark 13:11
- 13 Jonah 1:3; Exodus 4:1; Ezekiel 3:14–15; Jonah 1:6; John 6:29
- 14 Mark 14:13–15; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Exodus 4:27; 2 Corinthians 7:6–7; Philippians 2:21
- 15 Isaiah 51:16; Deuteronomy 18:18; Numbers 23:16; Numbers 23:12; Luke 21:15
- 16 Exodus 7:1–2; Psalm 82:6; John 10:34–35; Exodus 18:19
- 17 Exodus 4:2; 1 Corinthians 1:27; Exodus 7:9–20
- 18 Exodus 3:1; Luke 7:50; 1 Timothy 6:1; Acts 16:36; Genesis 45:3
- 19 Matthew 2:20; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:15
- 20 Exodus 17:9; Numbers 20:8–9; Exodus 4:2; Exodus 18:3–4; Numbers 20:11
- 21 Romans 9:18; Joshua 11:20; Isaiah 63:17; Exodus 14:8; Exodus 7:13
- 22 Hosea 11:1; Romans 9:4; Jeremiah 31:9; Hebrews 12:23; Deuteronomy 14:1
- 23 Exodus 12:29; Exodus 11:5; Psalm 135:8; Psalm 105:36; Exodus 5:1
- 24 Genesis 17:14; Numbers 22:22–23; 1 Chronicles 21:16; Leviticus 10:3; Exodus 3:18
- 25 Joshua 5:2–3; Genesis 17:14; 2 Samuel 16:7
- 27 Exodus 3:1; Acts 10:5–6; Ecclesiastes 4:9; Exodus 20:18; Acts 10:20
- 28 Exodus 4:15–16; Exodus 4:8–9; Matthew 21:29; Jonah 3:2
- 29 Exodus 3:16; Exodus 24:11; Exodus 24:1
- 30 Exodus 4:16
- 31 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 12:27; Exodus 2:25; Psalm 106:12–13; Exodus 3:16
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And nevertheless Moses feared and fled. What is it that Moses fled from that serpent?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Thus Moses also first is in fear of the serpent, and not merely in fear, but even with much distress: and then he sees that strange thing come to pass. So these too, having first looked to perish, were then saved, that having confessed the danger, they might learn the greatness of the miracle.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… have a thing which without doubt we can ascribe to them; the dyings of the beasts, the dyings of the first-born, and this especially whence all these things proceeded, namely, the hardening of heart, so that they would not let go the people of God. For when God is said to make this most iniquitous and malignant obstinacy, He maketh …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… in behalf of heartless and disobedient men; and by the very persons who were saved by them, they were brought into extreme danger; and each of them wishing to withdraw men from idolatry; and each being unlearned; for the one was of a "slow tongue," and dull of speech, and the other for his part also somewhat of the rudest …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)