02:004:020 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.
02:004:021 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.
02:004:022 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith
the lord, Israel
is
my son, even my firstborn:
02:004:023 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.
02:004:024 And it came to pass by the way in the inn,
that the lord met
him,
and sought to kill him.
02:004:025 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.
02:004:026 So he let him go: then she said, A
bloody husband thou art,
because
of the circumcision.
02:004:027 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.
02:004:028 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the
lord who had sent
him,
and all the signs which he had commanded him.
02:004:029 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together
all the elders
of
the children of Israel:
02:004:030 And Aaron spake all the words which the
lord had spoken unto
Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
02:004:031 And the people believed: and when
they heard that the lord had
visited
the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon
their
affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
02:005:001 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in,
and told Pharaoh, Thus
saith
the lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that
they may
hold
a feast unto me in the wilderness.
02:005:002 And Pharaoh said, Who is the lord,
that I should obey his
voice
to let Israel go? I know not the lord, neither
will I
let
Israel go.
02:005:003 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath
met with us: let us
go,
we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert,
and
sacrifice
unto the lord our God; lest he fall upon us with
pestilence,
or with the sword.
02:005:004 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore
do ye, Moses
and
Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto
your
burdens.


