So Moses went back home to Jethro, his father-in-law.
“Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt,” Moses said. “I don’t even know
if they are still alive.”
“Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
Before Moses left Midian, the Lord said to him, “Return to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill
you have died.”
So Moses took his wife and sons, put
them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried
the staff of God.
And the Lord told Moses, “When you arrive back in Egypt, go to
Pharaoh and perform all the miracles I have empowered you to do. But I will
harden his heart so he will refuse to let the people go. Then you will tell him,
‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son. I commanded you, “Let my son go, so he can worship me.” But since you have
refused, I will now kill your firstborn son!’”
On the way to Egypt, at a place where
Moses and his family had stopped for the night, the Lord confronted him and was about to kill him. But Moses’ wife, Zipporah, took a flint knife and circumcised her
son. She touched his feet with the foreskin and said, “Now you are a bridegroom of blood
to me.” (When she said “a bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the
circumcision.) After that, the Lord left him alone.
Now the Lord had said to Aaron, “Go out into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of
God, and he embraced him. Moses then told Aaron everything the Lord had commanded him to say. And he told him about the miraculous
signs the Lord had commanded him to perform.
Then Moses and Aaron returned to Egypt
and called all the elders of Israel together. Aaron told them everything the Lord had told Moses, and Moses performed the miraculous signs as they
watched. Then the people of Israel were convinced
that the Lord had sent Moses and Aaron. When they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed
down and worshiped.
~ Source : Exodus 4:18-31 [Holy Bible -NLT] taken from https://www.biblegateway.com
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