11 And the Lord said to [Moses], "Who gave the mouth to man?" Who makes dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Am I not the Lord [God]?

12 therefore go, and I will be at your mouth, and I will teach you what to say.

13 [Moses] said, "Lord! send another whom you can send.

14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, 'Hast thou not Aaron the brother of the Levite?' I know that he can speak, and behold, he will come out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will rejoice in his heart;

15 Thou shalt speak unto him, and put my words into his mouth, but I will be with thy mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

16 And he shall speak in your stead to the people; therefore he shall be thy mouth, and thou shalt be to him in the place of God;

17 And take this rod [which was turned into a serpent] in thy hand, and with it thou shalt do signs.

18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, 'I will go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see if they are still alive.' And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. [After a long time the king of Egypt died.]

19 And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, 'Go and return to Egypt, for all those who sought your life are dead.'

20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and put them on an ass, and went into the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

21 And the Lord said to Moses, 'When thou goest and return to Egypt, behold, all the wonders which I have given thee, do before Pharaoh, and I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.'

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, my firstborn;

23 I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me; but if you do not let him go, behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.

24 On the way to the night's lodging, it came to pass that the Lord met him, and wanted to kill him.