14. Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses, and He said, “Isn’t Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, he is on his way now to meet you. He will rejoice when he sees you.
15. You will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him to speak and will teach you both what to do.
16. He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and you will serve as God to him.
17. And take this staff in your hand that you will perform the signs with.”
18. Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.”Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19. Now in Midian the Lord told Moses, “Return to Egypt, for all the men who wanted to kill you are dead.”
20. So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took God’s staff in his hand.
21. The Lord instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do all the wonders before Pharaoh that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he won’t let the people go.
22. Then you will say to Pharaoh: This is what Yahweh says: Israel is My firstborn son.
23. I told you: Let My son go so that he may worship Me, but you refused to let him go. Now I will kill your firstborn son! ”
24. On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the Lord confronted him and sought to put him to death.
25. So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son’s foreskin, and threw it at Moses’ feet. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood to me! ”
26. So He let him alone. At that time she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.