He said to Moses: I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell you. The identification I am the Lord grounds the commission once more. Before the command to go, the identity. Before the message to be delivered, the messenger's authorization. The instruction tell Pharaoh everything I tell you is comprehensive — Moses is not to filter, soften, or delay any part of what God gives him. The prophets consistently receive this same charge: Jeremiah 1:17 says: get yourself ready, stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Ezekiel 2:7: you must speak my words to them whether they listen or fail to listen. The completeness of the delivery is the prophet's responsibility; the reception belongs to Pharaoh. Moses does not get to decide which parts of God's message are likely to be well-received.

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