Moses was to assemble the leaders of Israel. Note that this would not be easy for him. As noted earlier, he was in exile. He had been brought up in Pharaoh's palace, so this would not help his reputation with the Israelites.
Moses is to tell them God has seen what has happened to them, and has declared that He will rescue them and take them to a land "flowing with milk and honey". Note that the promised land is occupied by various enemies. God was fully aware of this, and knew what He was going to do about it. When God makes a promise to us, it may seem that there are all sorts of obstacles in the way. Indeed, there may well be numerous obstacles, but God knows about the obstacles and knows what He is going to do about them.
God assures Moses that the elders will listen to him. Then they are to go to Pharaoh and make a request. God knew that Pharaoh would refuse, there would then be a power demonstration and eventually Pharaoh would relent.
When they did leave, they would actually leave with loads of wealth given to them by the Egyptians.
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