Exodus 4:21-31

21Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘When you return to Egypt you must do the signs. Do all the signs that I gave you the power to do. Do them in front of Pharaoh. But I will make Pharaoh angry and cruel. Because of this, he will not let the people go.

22Then you must speak to Pharaoh. You must say, “The Lord says, Israel is my first son.

23I have already said to you, Let my son go so that he can worship me. But if you refuse to let him go, I will kill your first son.” ’

24On the way to Egypt, there was a place where people could rest on their journey. The Lord met Moses there and he wanted to kill Moses.

25But Zipporah took a sharp stone and she cut off her son's foreskin with the stone. She touched Moses' feet with the foreskin. She said, ‘You are a husband of blood to me.’

26So God did not do anything bad to Moses. Then Zipporah said to Moses, ‘You are a husband of blood, because of this circumcision.’

27The Lord said to Aaron, ‘Go into the desert to meet Moses.’ So Aaron went. He met Moses at the mountain of God and he kissed him.

28Then Moses told Aaron all that the Lord had told him to say. He also told Aaron about all the special signs. God had commanded Moses to show these signs to the Israelites and to Pharaoh.

29Then Moses and Aaron went to Egypt. They brought together all the leaders of the Israelites.

30Aaron told them all the things that the Lord had said to Moses. Then Moses did the signs in front of the people.

31And the people believed Aaron and Moses. They had heard that the Lord had come to his people. God had seen their hard life and he was sorry for them. They put their heads down and they worshipped God.