Exodus 4:20-22

New Catholic Bible

²⁰ Moses took his wife and his sons, placed them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses held the staff of God in his hand.

²¹ The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you do all the signs that I have placed in your hand in the presence of Pharaoh. But I will harden his heart and he will not let my people go. ²² You will say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Israel is my firstborn son.