9. But if they do not believe even these two signs nor listen to your voice, you are to take the water of the river and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the ground.”
10. But Moses said to Adonai, “Adonai, I am not a man of words—not yesterday, nor the day before, nor since You have spoken to Your servant—because I have a slow mouth and a heavy tongue.”
11. So Adonai said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes a man mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, Adonai?
12. Now go! I will be with your mouth and teach you what to say.”
13. But he said, “Please, please, send it by another hand.”
14. Then the anger of Adonai was kindled against Moses, so He said, “In fact, Aaron the Levite is your brother. I know that he can speak well. Moreover, he is on his way to meet you! When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15. You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth and with his, and teach you what to do.
16. He will be your spokesman to the people, so that he may act as a mouthpiece for you, and it will be as if you were as God for him.