In those circumstances, Moses and the older men acted as bearers of Jehovah’s instructions to his people.
فَحِينَ غَادَرَ ٱلْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ أَرْضَ مِصْرَ ،‏ كَانَتْ أَوَامِرُ ٱللهِ تَأْتِيهِمْ عَبْرَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ .‏