19And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
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Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-23)Here, I. Moses obtains leave of his father-in-law to return into Egypt, Exod. 4:18. His father-in-law had been kind to him when he was a stranger, and therefore he would not be so uncivil as to leave his family, nor so unjust as to leave his service, without giving him notice. Note, The honour of being admitted into communion with God, and of being employed for him, does not exempt us from the dut…
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