Moses Goes to Egypt

¹⁸ So Moses went and returned to ^(A)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, ^(B)“Go in peace.”

¹⁹ Now the Lord said to Moses in ^(C)Midian, “Go, return to ^(D)Egypt; for all the men who ^(E)sought your life are dead.” ²⁰ Then Moses ^(F)took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took ^(G)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 ^(H)wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But ^(I)I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. ²² Then you shall ^(J)say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^(K)“Israel is My son, ^(L)My firstborn. ²³ So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed ^(M)I will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”

²⁴ And it came to pass on the way, at the ^(N)encampment, that the Lord ^(O)met him and sought to ^(P)kill him. ²⁵ Then ^(Q)Zipporah took ^(R)a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and ^[a]cast it at ^[b]Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!” ²⁶ So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a ^[c]husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.

²⁷ And the Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness ^(S)to meet Moses.” So he went and met him on ^(T)the mountain of God, and kissed him. ²⁸ So Moses ^(U)told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the ^(V)signs which He had commanded him.