15. Speak to him and tell him what he’s supposed to say. I’ll help both of you speak, and I’ll teach both of you what to do.
16. Aaron will speak for you to the people. He’ll be a spokesperson for you, and you will be like God for him.
17. Take this shepherd’s rod with you too so that you can do the signs."
18. Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, "Please let me go back to my family in Egypt and see whether or not they are still living."Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
19. The Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt because everyone there who wanted to kill you has died."
20. So Moses took his wife and his children, put them on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. Moses also carried the shepherd’s rod from God in his hand.