12. Now go! I will help you speak. I will tell you what to say.”
13. But Moses said, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
14. The Lord became angry with Moses. He said, “Your brother Aaron, from the family of Levi, is a skilled speaker. He is already coming to meet you. And he will be happy when he sees you.
15. I will tell you what to say. Then you will tell Aaron. I will help both of you know what to say and do.
16. And Aaron will speak to the people for you. You will tell him what God says. And he will speak for you.
17. Take your walking stick with you. Use it to do the miracles.”
18. Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law. Moses said to him, “Let me go back to my people in Egypt. I want to see if they are still alive.”Jethro said to Moses, “You may go. Have a safe trip.”
19. While Moses was still in Midian, the Lord said to him, “Go back to Egypt. The men who wanted to kill you are dead now.”
20. So Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on a donkey. Then he started back to Egypt. He took with him the walking stick of God.