17 And thou shalt take this rod 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.

19 And the LORD said to Moses in the land of Midian, 'Go, return to Egypt, for all 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.

25 Then Zipporah took a stone knife, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and threw it at his feet, saying, 'You are a bridegroom of my blood.'

26 And the Lord departed from him. Then she said, "The bridegroom of the blood is circumcision."

27 And the Lord said to Aaron, 'Go to meet Moses in the wilderness.' And he went, and met him at the mountain of God, and kissed him.

28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded.

29 And Moses went with Aaron, and they gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel,

30 And Aaron recounted all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses; And Moses made signs in the sight of the people;