22. "Then say to Pharaoh, 'The Lord says, "Israel is like an oldest son to me.
23. I told you, 'Let my son go. Then he will be able to worship me.' But you refused to let him go. So I will kill your oldest son." ' "
24. On the way to Egypt, Moses stopped for the night. There the Lord met him and was about to kill him.
25. But Zipporah got a knife that was made out of hard stone. She circumcised her son with it. Then she touched Moses' feet with the skin she had cut off. "You are a husband who has forced me to spill my son's blood," she said.
26. So the Lord didn't kill Moses. When she said "husband who has forced me to spill my son's blood," she was talking about circumcision.
27. The Lord said to Aaron, "Go into the desert to see Moses." So he greeted Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
28. Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say. He also told him about all of the miraculous signs he had commanded him to do.
29. Moses and Aaron gathered all of the elders of Israel together.
30. Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also did the miracles in the sight of the people.