They believed, and when they heard that the LORD had come to them and had seen how they were being treated cruelly, they bowed down and worshiped.

The man answered, "Who made you our ruler and judge? Are you going to kill me just as you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and said to himself, "People have found out what I have done."

"My people will listen to what you say to them. Then you must go with the leaders of Israel to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has revealed himself to us. Now allow us to travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD, our God.'

I answered, "Sovereign LORD, I don't know how to speak; I am too young."

The power of the LORD came on me with great force, and as his spirit carried me off, I felt bitter and angry.

(He thought that his own people would understand that God was going to use him to set them free, but they did not understand.)