By Nona Jones
I've recently become fascinated with the story of Moses and how he appealed to Pharaoh on behalf of God to, "let my people go." The way this story is told and
portrayed in films is that Moses approached Pharaoh with his staff in his hand and pronounced God's directive with authority. But if you only rely on what you've been told or seen portrayed in films and not what's actually recorded in the Bible, you will miss a super important detail that significantly changes this story.
In Exodus 4:10, after God told Moses to go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 3:10), Moses responds by saying, "Pardon your servant, Lord. I have
never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue." In other words, Moses had a severe speech impediment. This is illustrated in the fact that, unlike the stories we have been told and films we have watched, the Bible says that it was Moses and Aaron who always went to Pharaoh, not just Moses. And if we tie the threads together correctly, I would submit to you that chances are very good that it was Aaron who was doing the
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