Exodus 4:18-20

Moses Returns to Egypt

¹⁸ Moses went back to _w Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." ¹⁹ And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for _x all the men who were seeking your life are dead." ²⁰ So Moses took _y his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took _z the staff of God in his hand.

1. Cross References
   Exodus 2:18
   When they came home to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come home so soon today?
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 2:15
   When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.
   Exodus 2:23
   During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
   Matthew 2:20
   Saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 18:2 - 4
   Now Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her home.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 17:9
   So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.
   Numbers 20:8 - 9
   "Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle."