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.
21. The Lord said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, make sure that you appear before Pharaoh and do all the amazing acts that I’ve given you the power to do. But I’ll make him stubborn so that he won’t let the people go.
22. Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my oldest son.
23. I said to you, "Let my son go so he could worship me." But you refused to let him go. As a result, now I’m going to kill your oldest son.’"
24. During their journey, as they camped overnight, the Lord met Moses and tried to kill him.
25. But Zipporah took a sharp-edged flint stone and cut off her son’s foreskin. Then she touched Moses’ genitals with it, and she said, "You are my bridegroom because of bloodshed."