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.”