14. Then the anger of Adonai was kindled against Moses, so He said, “In fact, Aaron the Levite is your brother. I know that he can speak well. Moreover, he is on his way to meet you! When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15. You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth and with his, and teach you what to do.
16. He will be your spokesman to the people, so that he may act as a mouthpiece for you, and it will be as if you were as God for him.
17. Now then, you must take this staff in your hand to do the signs.”
18. So Moses went, returned to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me go, so I may return to my kinsmen who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19. Then Adonai said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men that sought your life are dead.”
20. So Moses took his wife and his sons, set them on a donkey and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took the staff of God in his hand.
21. Adonai said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put in your hand. Still, I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
22. You are to say to Pharaoh, “This is what Adonai says: ‘Israel is My son, My firstborn.
23. So I have said to you, Let My son go, that he may serve Me, but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will slay your son, your firstborn.’”