17. And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
18. So Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.”And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19. Now the Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”
20. Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
21. And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.