Exodus 4:13
Good News Translation
But Moses answered, "No, Lord, please send someone else."

New Revised Standard Version
But he said, “O my Lord, please send someone else.”

Contemporary English Version
Moses begged, "LORD, please send someone else to do it."

New American Bible
But he said, “If you please, my Lord, send someone else!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: I beseech thee, Lord, send whom thou wilt send.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he said: I beseech thee, Lord, send whom thou wilt send.

send.

Exodus 4:1 Moses answered, and said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice, but they will say: The Lord hath not appeared to thee.

Exodus 23:20 Behold I will send my angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared.

Genesis 24:7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me out of my father's house, and out of my native country, who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying: To thy seed will I give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son.

Genesis 48:16 The angel that delivereth me from all evils, bless these boys: and let my name be called upon them, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.

Judges 2:1 And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the place of weepers, and said: I made you go out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land for which I swore to your fathers: and I promised that I would not make void my covenant with you for ever:

1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.

Jeremiah 1:6 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.

Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire, shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.

Ezekiel 3:14,15 The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me. . . .

Jonah 1:3,6 Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the wickedness thereof is come up before me. . . .

Matthew 13:41 The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.

John 6:29 Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he hath sent.

wilt send.

Context
The Appointment of Aaron
12Go therefore, and I will be in thy mouth; and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak. 13But he said: I beseech thee, Lord, send whom thou wilt send.14The Lord being angry at Moses, said: Aaron the Levite is thy brother, I know that he is eloquent: behold he cometh forth to meet thee, and seeing thee, shall be glad at heart.…
Cross References
Exodus 4:12
Go therefore, and I will be in thy mouth; and I will teach thee what thou shalt speak.

Exodus 4:14
The Lord being angry at Moses, said: Aaron the Levite is thy brother, I know that he is eloquent: behold he cometh forth to meet thee, and seeing thee, shall be glad at heart.

Exodus 4:12
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