11. Then the Lord said to him, “Who made a person’s mouth? And who can make someone deaf or not able to speak? Who can make a person blind? Who can make a person able to see? I am the one. I am the Lord.
12. So go. I will be with you when you speak. I will give you the words to say.”
13. But Moses said, “My Lord, I beg you to send someone else, not me.”
14. Then the Lord became angry with Moses and said, “All right! I’ll give you someone to help you. Aaron the Levite is your brother, isn’t he? He is a good speaker. In fact, Aaron is already coming to meet you, and he will be happy to see you.
15. I will tell you what to say. Then you will tell Aaron, and I will help him say it well. I will tell both of you what to do.
16. So Aaron will speak for you. Like God, you will speak to him, and he will tell the people what you say.
17. So go and carry your walking stick with you. Use it and the other miracles to show the people that I am with you.”
18. Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law. Moses said to him, “Please let me go back to Egypt. I want to see if my people are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19. Then, while Moses was still in Midian, the Lord said to him, “It is safe for you to go back to Egypt now. The men who wanted to kill you are now dead.”
20. So Moses put his wife and children on the donkey and returned to Egypt. He carried his walking stick with him—the walking stick with the power of God.
21. While Moses was traveling back to Egypt, the Lord spoke to him, “When you talk to Pharaoh remember to show him all the miracles that I have given you the power to do. But I will cause Pharaoh to be very stubborn. He will not let the people go.
22. Then you should say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.