1 Then Moses answered, "But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, 'YHVH did not appear to you.'"
2 YHVH said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."
3 And he said, "Cast it on the ground." So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
4 But YHVH said to Moses, "Put out your hand, and take it by the tail" --so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand—
5 "that they may believe that YHVH, the God of their Fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
6 Again, YHVH said to him, "Put your hand into your bosom." And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
7 Then he said, "Put your hand back into your bosom." So he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh.
8 "If they will not believe you," he said, "or heed the first sign, they may believe the latter sign.
9 If they will not believe even these two signs or heed your voice, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it upon the dry ground; and the water which you shall take from the Nile will become blood upon the dry ground."
The pouring out of the river on the ground refers to the wasting of the water of generation or the misuse of the life force. It turns to blood to indicate that what is wasted is actually the source of life, the life's blood.
10 But Moses said to YHVH, "Oh, my lord, I am not eloquent, either heretofore or since thou hast spoken to thy servant; but I am slow of speech and of tongue."
11 Then YHVH said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, YHVH?
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
13 But he said, "Oh, my lord, send, I pray, some other person."
14 Then the anger of YHVH was kindled against Moses and he said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well; and behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.
15 And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
16 He shall speak for you to the people; and he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as gods.
Moses represents the higher spiritual which has to do with love. It is emotion, exaltation and feeling. It does not express itself well in words. That is the job of the intellect, or conscious mind represented by Aaron. Moses, the spiritual consciousness, dictates to the intellect what to say.
17 And you shall take in your hand this rod, with which you shall do the signs."
The rod has a symbolism that is repeated over and over again in the Bible. It is the same as the serpent. When on the ground, it represents sensuality or the life force lowered and as such it may bite us to death. But when lifted up, held in the hand, it is under control and becomes a staff that supports us. Again, the hand placed in the bosom carelessly, represents emotions wrongly used, and leads to sickness or disease. The hand put into the bosom to command or guide the emotions to a higher spiritual use, results in wholeness and health.
18 Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Let me go back, I pray, to my kinsmen in Egypt and see whether they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
19 And YHVH said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt; for all the men who were seeking your life are dead."
20 So Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on an ass, and went back to the land of Egypt; and in his hand Moses took the rod of the gods.
Placing his family on an ass has the same symbolism as Yeshua riding on a donkey into Jerusalem. It means that they are sitting in control of the animal passions within. Moses holding the rod of the gods symbolizes that the spiritual consciousness has control of the life force.
21 And YHVH said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says YHVH, Israel is my first-born son,
23 and I say to you, "Let my son go that he may serve me"; if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your first-born son.'"
24 At a lodging place on the way, YHVH met him and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin, and touched Moses' feet with it, and said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!"
26 So he let him alone. Then it was that she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.
27 YHVH said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." So he went, and met him at the mountain of the gods and kissed him.
The wilderness is a level of consciousness.
Here it means mental preparation. It has to do with discipline through the lack of anything material. Aaron, the mind must meet Moses, the higher consciousness, in this place of preparation. Once prepared, the united spiritual consciousness and the mind go to the children of Light. These are the aspects of the lower nature which must be brought out of the material consciousness of Egypt. They are readily convinced. It is the Pharaoh, who represents the material, lustful consciousness which will be hard to convince. It has power over us and will resist losing this power in oh, so many ways.
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of YHVH with which he had sent him, and all the signs which he had charged him to do.
29 Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the people of Israel.
30 And Aaron spoke all the words which YHVH had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 And the people believed; and when they heard that YHVH had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
As indicated in the last Part, the burning bush represents the inner holy of holies, the sanctum sanctorum wherein we may come into communication with our soul. And through that soul, when enlightened, we may be contacted by Divine Mind. YHVH's (Divine Mind) response is meant for each of us. As we engage in the work to free our higher self from the grips of the material, represented by Egypt, we have the assurance that YHVH is with us.