In verse 1: Moses raises his third objection.
God responds by offering three signs to be performed to bolster the people's confidence in Moses (vv. 2-9).
Moses and his brother Aaron perform the signs in 4.30.
Moses' brother Aaron will use the sign of the staff's turning into a serpent (vv. 2-5) as a means to try to convince Pharaoh (7.8-13).
The third sign, the Nile River's turning to blood (v. 9), will become the first plague against Egypt (7.14-25).
In verse 10: Moses' fourth objection is his inability as a speaker: slow of speech and slow of tongue.
In verse 13: In a final desperate objection, Moses asks that God send someone else.
In verse 14: For the first time, the anger of the Lord appears after much patience with Moses.
God promises to send Moses' brother Aaron as his mouthpiece. (vv. 14-17).
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