LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Exodus 6 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Yahweh Remembers His Covenant

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:1 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a strong hand he will let them go, and by a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:2 -

God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am Yahweh;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:3 - and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as [fn]God Almighty, but by My name, Yahweh, I was not known to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:4 - “And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the [fn]land in which they sojourned.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 - “Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel because the Egyptians are holding them in slavery, and I have remembered My covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their slavery. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7 - ‘Then I will take you [fn]for My people, and I will be [fn]your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:8 - ‘And I will bring you to the land which I [fn]swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their weakness of spirit and [fn]hard slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:10 -

Now Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - “Come, [fn]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt [fn]to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:12 - But Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command for the sons of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Heads of Israel’s Households

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 -

These are the heads of their fathers’ households.

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:

Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:15 -

The sons of Simeon:

Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 -

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations:

Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the years of Levi’s life were 137 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:17 -

The sons of Gershon:

[fn]Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:18 -

The sons of Kohath:

Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the years of Kohath’s life were 133 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 -

The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi.

These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:20 -

And Amram took his father’s sister Jochebed as a wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the years of Amram’s life were 137 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:21 -

The sons of Izhar:

Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:22 -

The sons of Uzziel:

Mishael and [fn]Elzaphan and Sithri.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 -

And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as a wife, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:24 -

The sons of Korah:

Assir and Elkanah and [fn]Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 -

And Aaron’s son Eleazar took one of the daughters of Putiel as a wife, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:26 - It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

Aaron Will Speak for Moses

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:28 -

Now it happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:29 - that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:30 - But Moses said before Yahweh, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”
LSB Footnotes
Heb El Shaddai
Lit land of their sojournings in which...
Lit to Me for a people
Lit to you for a God
Lit lifted up My hand
Lit stiff
Lit speak to
Lit that he let
In 1 Chr 23:7, Ladan
In Num 3:30, Elizaphan
In 1 Chr 6:23 and 9:19, Ebiasaph
LSB

Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation

All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc.

LSBible.org

For more information on this translation, see the LSB Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Exodus Chapter 6 — Additional Translations: