Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes, do so.” So the young girl went and got the child’s mother.

And the Lord said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

“I will grant this people favor with the Egyptians, so that when you depart you will not leave empty-handed.

The Lord said to Aaron, “Go to the wilderness to meet Moses. So he went and met him at the mountain of God and greeted him with a kiss.

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. Exactly who is going with you?”

Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our sheep and our cattle we will go, because we are to hold a pilgrim feast for the Lord.”

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, serve the Lord – only your flocks and herds will be detained. Even your families may go with you.”

Now the Lord was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel day or night.

The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

So now go, lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish, I will indeed punish them for their sin.”

A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.

Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and so Jethro went to his own land.

So Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Let me go, so that I may return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.

So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say.”

Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”

But Pharaoh replied, “You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’

So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”