^{20 Ref} And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

^{21 Ref} And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.

^{22 Ref} And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:

^{23 Ref} And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.

^{24 Ref} Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.

^{25 Ref} Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.