Signs for Moses

4 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen^(A) to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”

¹⁰ Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”^(A)

¹³ But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”^(A)

¹² But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen^(A) to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips^[a]?”^(B)