Motif
Divine commissioning of a reluctant messenger before a ruler
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Messengers and Prophets. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 6279-6438 confidence: high
God calls Moses to go to the wicked people of Pharaoh; Moses fears being called a liar, says he is slow of speech, asks for Aaron as helpmate, and fears death because of a charge against him.
God commands Moses to go to Pharaoh; Moses objects from fear and speech difficulty; God sends him with signs and divine support.
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