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Moshe was still worried, and asked HaShem what HaShem's name was.
He didn't think the people would believe him if he just said "your fathers' G-D sent
me." He was sure that they would ask for HaShem's name. HaShem answered "Eh'ye
Asher Eh'ye," (ask your rabbi for help understanding this).
Moshe
still had trouble accepting that he had to go to Egypt and tell the Pharaoh to let the
Children of Israel go. He didn't believe that anyone would listen to a shepherd from
Midian.
HaShem
showed Moshe a "sign" that he could show others, using his staff, and other
signs that were designed to "prove" to doubters that Moshe had been sent by
HaShem to get the Children of Israel out of Egypt.
Still
afraid, Moshe said that he couldn't talk to people. He asked that HaShem pick someone
else. HaShem then told Moshe that Aaron, Moshe's
brother was coming to meet Moshe and that Aaron would repeat what HaShem told Moshe to
tell the people, so that Moshe didn't have to talk in public.
Moshe left his father-in-law and went to Egypt.
HaShem explained to Moshe that Pharaoh would not be willing to just say, "OK, the
people can go!"
Tzipora circumcised Gershon, their son one night
on the road on the way to Egypt.
Aaron
met Moshe on the road and the two of them went to Egypt. First they gathered all the
elders of the Children of Israel and spoke to them and showed them the signs that HaShem
had told them to show.
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