And Aaron spoke all these words, which God spoke to Moses, and worked the miracles before the people.

And the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the children of Israel, and because He saw their affliction. And the people bowed down and worshipped.

Except affliction on affliction, hope upon hope; yet a little, [and] yet a little,

But even though He had done so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him,

Behold I, even I, am [He], and there is no God beside Me: I kill, and I will make to live: I will smite, and I will heal; and there is none who shall deliver out of My hands.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, [that] he tore his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, [able] to kill and to make alive, that this [man] sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Consider, however, and see that this [man] seeks an occasion against me.

for He causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: He smites, and His hands heal.