1. The Lord said to Moses, “See how important I have made you? In speaking to Pharaoh, you will be like God, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
2. You will tell Aaron everything that I command you. Then he will tell the king what I say. And Pharaoh will let the Israelites leave this country.
3. But I will make Pharaoh stubborn so that he will not do what you tell him. Then I will do many miracles in Egypt to prove who I am.
4. But he will still refuse to listen. So then I will punish Egypt very much. And I will lead my army, my people, out of that land.
5. I will punish the people of Egypt, and they will learn that I am the Lord. Then I will lead my people out of their country.”
6. Moses and Aaron did what the Lord told them.
7. Moses was 80 years old at the time, and Aaron was 83.