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.