Moses Returns to Egypt

¹⁸ Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, ‘Please let me go back to my kindred in Egypt and see whether they are still living.’ And Jethro said to Moses, ‘Go in peace.’ ¹⁹ The Lord said to Moses in Midian, ‘Go back to Egypt; for all those who were seeking your life are dead.’ ²⁰ So Moses took his wife and his sons, put them on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt; and Moses carried the staff of God in his hand.

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses, ‘When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. ²² Then you shall say to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord: Israel is my firstborn son. ²³ I said to you, ‘Let my son go that he may worship me.’ But you refused to let him go; now I will kill your firstborn son.”’

Psalm 100

All Lands Summoned to Praise God

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

Moses a Servant, Christ a Son

3 Therefore, brothers and sisters,^[a] holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, ² was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses also ‘was faithful in all^[b] God’s^[c] house.’ ³ Yet Jesus^[d] is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honour than the house itself. ⁴ (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) ⁵ Now Moses was faithful in all God’s^[e] house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken later. ⁶ Christ, however, was faithful over God’s^[f] house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm^[g] the confidence and the pride that belong to hope.