Holman Christian Standard Bible

Exodus 4:12-19 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12. Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.”

13. Moses said, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”

14. Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses, and He said, “Isn’t Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, he is on his way now to meet you. He will rejoice when he sees you.

15. You will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him to speak and will teach you both what to do.

16. He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and you will serve as God to him.

17. And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with.”

18. Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.”Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

19. Now in Midian the Lord told Moses, “Return to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead.”