Talált 6660 Eredmények: The Lord Is My Shepherd
So it was that the Lord looked down in mercy on the Israelites, and took heed of them. (Exodus 2, 25)
Moses, in the meanwhile, had married the daughter of Jethro, priest of Madian, and was doing shepherd’s work for him. Deep into the desert he led his flock, till he reached God’s own mountain of Horeb. (Exodus 3, 1)
And here the Lord revealed himself through a flame that rose up from the midst of a bush; it seemed that the bush was alight, yet did not burn. (Exodus 3, 2)
But now, as he saw him coming up to look closer, the Lord called to him from the midst of the bush, Moses Moses; and when he answered, I am here, at thy command, (Exodus 3, 4)
I have not been blind, the Lord told him, to the oppression which my people endures in Egypt, I have listened to their complaints about the cruelty of the men who are in charge of their work. (Exodus 3, 7)
Go then, and summon the elders of Israel to meet thee. Tell them that the Lord, the God of their fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has appeared to thee, with this message: Day after day I have watched, and seen all that has befallen you in Egypt. (Exodus 3, 16)
The elders of Israel will give thee a good hearing; and with them thou shalt make thy way into the king of Egypt’s presence. The Lord God of the Hebrews, thou shalt tell him, has summoned us to go out three days’ march into the desert, and there we must offer sacrifice to the Lord our God. (Exodus 3, 18)
But Moses still had his answer; What if they will not believe me, he said, or give a hearing? What if they tell me to my face that I never had any vision of the Lord? (Exodus 4, 1)
What is that in thy hand? the Lord asked him. A staff, he said. (Exodus 4, 2)
So the Lord bade him cast it on the ground, and when he did so, it turned into a serpent, and Moses shrank away. (Exodus 4, 3)
Now put out thy hand, the Lord said, and catch it by the tail. He did so, and it turned to a staff in his hand. (Exodus 4, 4)
And the word came to him, Will they still doubt that the Lord God of their fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has appeared to thee? (Exodus 4, 5)
