And he said, "Oh Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of another whom thou wilt choose."
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, "Is there not Aaron thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people. And thou shalt take in thine hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs."
And the Lord said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses."
And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him.
§35. The Return to Egypt (Exod. 4:18, 20, 27-31)
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."
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt.
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: and Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
§36. Pharaoh's Harshness (Exod. 5:1-6:1)