Past Failures Are No Barrier to Future Success

There's a chiasm in Exodus 6:10-30 centered on the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi.


When God told Moses to speak to Pharaoh, Moses objected that he was a man of "uncircumcised lips," as if God didn't know what He was doing. God still used him to set His people free from Egypt. Centuries earlier, Reuben, Simeon, and Levi had disqualified themselves from the family role of Firstborn through terrible behavior, yet God still used them to found three of the twelve tribes of Israel. 

It doesn't matter what you've done or said. It doesn't matter what you think you can or can't do. God still has a use for you. There is a place for you in His Kingdom. Don't think so highly of yourself that you could ever do anything to thwart God's plans.


  • V10-11 - God told Moses to speak to Pharaoh
  • V12 - Moses’ uncircumcised lips
    • V13 - God told Moses and Aaron to bring Israel out of Egypt
      • V14a - These are the heads of their fathers’ houses
        • 14b-25a - The children of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi
      • V25b - These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites
    • V26-27 - God told Moses and Aaron to bring Israel out of Egypt
  • V28-29 - God told Moses to speak to Pharaoh
  • V30 - Moses’ uncircumcised lips

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