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Then Moses departed and returned to his father-in-law Jethro, and said to him, "Please, let me go, that I may return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see if they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead."

And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

"Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'This is what the LORD says: "Israel is My son, My firstborn.

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord , Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

"So I said to you, 'Let My son go so that he may serve Me'; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I am going to kill your son, your firstborn."'"

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

But it came about at the overnight encampment on the way, that the LORD met Moses, and sought to put him to death.

And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him.

So Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet; and she said, "You are indeed a groom of blood to me!"

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

So He left him alone. At that time she said, "You are a groom of blood"—because of the circumcision.

So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

Now the LORD said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses in the wilderness." So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which He had sent him, and all the signs that He had commanded him to do.

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