出埃及記4:18-31

4:18 於是，摩西回到他岳父葉忒羅那裡，對他說：「求你容我回去見我在埃及的弟兄，看他們還在不在。」葉忒羅對摩西說：「你可以平平安安地去吧！」
4:19 耶和華在米甸對摩西說：「你要回埃及去，因為尋索你命的人都死了。」
4:20 摩西就帶著妻子和兩個兒子，叫他們騎上驢，回埃及地去。摩西手裡拿著上帝的杖。
4:21 耶和華對摩西說：「你回到埃及的時候，要留意將我指示你的一切奇事行在法老面前。但我要使（或譯：任憑；下同）他的心剛硬，他必不容百姓去。
4:22 你要對法老說：『耶和華這樣說：以色列是我的兒子，我的長子。
4:23 我對你說過：容我的兒子去，好事奉我。你還是不肯容他去。看哪，我要殺你的長子。』」
4:24 摩西在路上住宿的地方，耶和華遇見他，想要殺他。
4:25 西坡拉就拿一塊火石，割下他兒子的陽皮，丟在摩西腳前，說：「你真是我的血郎了。」
4:26 這樣，耶和華才放了他。西坡拉說：「你因割禮就是血郎了。」
4:27 耶和華對亞倫說：「你往曠野去迎接摩西。」他就去，在上帝的山遇見摩西，和他親嘴。
4:28 摩西將耶和華打發他所說的言語和囑咐他所行的神蹟都告訴了亞倫。
4:29 摩西、亞倫就去招聚以色列的眾長老。
4:30 亞倫將耶和華對摩西所說的一切話述說了一遍，又在百姓眼前行了那些神蹟，
4:31 百姓就信了。以色列人聽見耶和華眷顧他們，鑒察他們的困苦，就低頭下拜。

¹⁸ Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.”
Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.”
¹⁹ Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.” ²⁰ So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
²¹ The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. ²² Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, ²³ and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”
²⁴ At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses^[b] and was about to kill him. ²⁵ But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it.^[c] “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. ²⁶ So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)
²⁷ The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him. ²⁸ Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform.
²⁹ Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, ³⁰ and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, ³¹ and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

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    摩西告別了岳父葉忒羅回去埃及。雖然在路上遇見了兒子受割禮的事件，但是仍然平安度過，並且遇見了亞倫！而亞倫會來見摩西，也是因為耶和華上帝的緣故。正如經文的描述：耶和華對亞倫說：「你往曠野去迎接摩西。」他就去，在上帝的山遇見摩西，和他親嘴。

     因著有亞倫的幫助，摩西、亞倫就去招聚以色列的眾長老，亞倫將耶和華對摩西所說的一切話述說了一遍，又在百姓眼前行了那些神蹟，百姓就信了。以色列人聽見耶和華眷顧他們，鑒察他們的困苦，就低頭下拜。

    可見摩西這一次靠著上帝的安排，完成了上帝要他完成的任務，相信不僅百姓感謝上帝的拯救計畫，摩西也感謝上帝，讓他可以將上帝的信息帶到以色列百姓的面前！

    從摩西這樣的經歷，我們知道上帝一直與祂的僕人同在，要讓祂拯救的旨意可以成就！