Exodus 6 | Uncircumcised of the Lips (don't worry, I didn't illustrate it)

Then the LORD told Moses, "I'm awesome, so Pharaoh's gonna let you guys go.  I promised to give the land called Canaan to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hearing the misery of the Israelites remembered the promise.  So tell the Israelites I said this:

I am the LORD and I'll bring you out of Egyptian slavedrivin' a la Divine Smackdown upon them.  I'll take you in as my own people and I'll be your god and give you the land of Canaan."

So Moses told the Israelites all this, but they didn't listen because they were still pretty pissed at him from before.

"Well then," said God, "howzabout you go tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites out?"
Egypt took longer to draw than I'd like to admit.  The Pyramids are there in case y'all wondered whether that was Egypt, and apparently so is this caption.  Totally Egypt.
"Srsly?!" replied Moses.  "If the Israelites won't listen to me, because as I told you, I'm not good with words,* what makes you think Pharaoh will?!"

God commanded Moses and Aaron to bring the Israelites out of Egypt and even gave them a list of families and clans.  If you want to see the list, hit up Exodus 6:14-25 in a real Bible.

"Bring the Hebrews out of Egypt by their divisions," God said.  "Moses, tell Pharaoh everything I tell you."

"Dude," replied Moses, face firmly in palm, "I keep telling you and I keep proving to you that I am not good with words.  What, with all due respect, makes you think Pharaoh will listen to me?!"

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*I don't know what the Hebrew word for this is, but the idiom is "I am uncircumcised of lips."  Hey, if I have to know it, so do you.

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