1. Moses objected, “They won’t trust me. They won’t listen to a word I say. They’re going to say, ‘God? Appear to him? Hardly!’”
2. So God said, “What’s that in your hand?”“A staff.”
3. “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it. It became a snake; Moses jumped back—fast!
6. God then said, “Put your hand inside your shirt.” He slipped his hand under his shirt, then took it out. His hand had turned leprous, like snow.
7. He said, “Put your hand back under your shirt.” He did it, then took it back out—as healthy as before.
10. Moses raised another objection to God: “Master, please, I don’t talk well. I’ve never been good with words, neither before nor after you spoke to me. I stutter and stammer.”
11-12. God said, “And who do you think made the human mouth? And who makes some mute, some deaf, some sighted, some blind? Isn’t it I, God? So, get going. I’ll be right there with you—with your mouth! I’ll be right there to teach you what to say.”
13. He said, “Oh, Master, please! Send somebody else!”