12 Now therefore, go, and I will be awith your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
13 But he said, “O my Lord, aplease send by the hand of whomever else You may send.”
14 So athe anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your bbrother? I know that he can speak well. And look, che is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 Now ayou shall speak to him and bput the words in his mouth. And cI will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do.
16 So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and ayou shall be to him as God.
17 And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
Moses Goes to Egypt
18 So Moses went and returned to aJethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, b“Go in peace.”
19 Now the Lord said to Moses in aMidian, “Go, return to bEgypt; for all the men who csought your life are dead.”
20 Then Moses atook his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took bthe rod of God in his hand.
21 And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those awonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But bI will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
22 Then you shall asay to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: b“Israel is My son, cMy firstborn.
23 So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed aI will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”
24 And it came to pass on the way, at the aencampment, that the Lordbmet him and sought to ckill him.
25 Then aZipporah took ba sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and1 cast it at Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!”
26 So He let him go. Then she said, “Youare a1 husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.
27 And the Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness ato meet Moses.” So he went and met him bon the mountain of God, and kissed him.
28 So Moses atold Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the bsigns which He had commanded him.
29 Then Moses and Aaron awent and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
30aAnd Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 So the people abelieved; and when they heard that the Lord had bvisited the children of Israel and that He chad looked on their affliction, then dthey bowed their heads and worshiped.
EXODUS, a "going forth," derives its name from its being occupied principally with a relation of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and the incidents that immediately preceded as well as followed that memorable migration. Its authorship by Moses is distinctly asserted by himself (Exodus 24:4), as well as by our Lord (Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37). Besides, the thorough knowledge it exhibits of the institutions and usages of the ancient Egyptians and the minute geographical details of the journey to Sinai, establish in the clearest manner the authenticity of this book.
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