Exodus 4:18-20

The Voice

¹⁸Barely convinced, Moses went back to his father-in-law, Jethro.

Moses (to Jethro): Please let me leave now, so that I can go back to my Hebrew brothers and sisters in Egypt and find out if they are still alive.

Jethro: You may go now with my blessing and peace.

¹⁹The Eternal spoke to Moses while he was still in Midian.

Eternal One: Go back to Egypt. I assure you, all the men who wanted to kill you are no longer alive.

²⁰Moses placed his wife and sons on a donkey, and he started on the long journey back to Egypt. As he walked, he carried God’s staff—his shepherd’s staff—with him.

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