10 Moses now said to Jehovah: “Excuse me, Jehovah,* but I am not a fluent speaker, neither since yesterday nor since before that nor since your speaking to your servant, for I am slow of mouth and slow of tongue.”+

15 In turn he said to him: “Excuse me, Jehovah.* With what shall I save Israel?+ Look! My thousand* is the least in Ma·nasʹseh, and I am the smallest in my father’s house.”+