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Exodus 4:18

Then Moses returned to Jethro his father-in-law and told him, “Please allow me to go back to my own people in Egypt so I can see if any of them are still alive.” “Go with my blessing,” Jethro replied.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17Make sure to take your walking stick with you so you can use it to do the signs.”

19While Moses was in Midian, the Lord told him, “Go back to Egypt because all those who wanted to kill you have died.”

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Cross References

Exodus 3:1Moses was a shepherd, looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the Midianite priest. He led the flock far into the wilderness until he came to God's mountain, Mount Horeb.

1 Samuel 1:17“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel give you what you have asked him for,” Eli replied.

2 Kings 5:19“Go in peace,” said Elisha, and Naaman left. But he had only gone a short way

Acts 15:36Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let's go back and visit the believers in every town where we shared the word of the Lord, and see how they're doing.”

1 Timothy 6:1All who are bound under slavery should consider their masters worthy of respect, so that God's name and Christian beliefs won't be defamed.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 4:11-18

10 And Moses said unto the Lord , O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord ? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 14 And the anger of the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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