10. Moses said to the Lord, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
11. The Lord said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, the Lord?
12. Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
13. Moses said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”
14. the Lord’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15. You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
16. He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
17. You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
18. Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.”Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19. The Lord said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”
20. Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod in his hand.
21. The Lord said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
22. You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘the Lord says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
23. and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”
24. On the way at a lodging place, the Lord met Moses and wanted to kill him.