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So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. "Go, worship Yahweh your God," Pharaoh said. "But exactly who will be going?"

He said to them, "May Yahweh be with you if I ever let you and your families go! Look out—you are planning evil.

No, only the men may go and worship Yahweh, for that is what you have been asking for." And they were driven from Pharaoh's presence.

Pharaoh urgently sent for Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God and against you.

Please forgive my sin once more and make an appeal to Yahweh your God, so that He will take this death away from me."

Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship Yahweh. Even your families may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind."

Moses responded, "You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings to prepare for Yahweh our God.

Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind because we will take some of them to worship Yahweh our God. We will not know what we will use to worship Yahweh until we get there."

So Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

But against all the Israelites, whether man or beast, not even a dog will snarl, so that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

"I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I am Yahweh; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt.

He summoned Moses and Aaron during the night and said, "Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites, and go, worship Yahweh as you have asked.

I will harden Pharaoh's heart so that he will pursue them. Then I will receive glory by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh." So the Israelites did this.

The Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh when I receive glory through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen."

He caused their chariot wheels to swerve and made them drive with difficulty. "Let's get away from Israel," the Egyptians said, "because Yahweh is fighting for them against Egypt!"

The Lord is a warrior; Yahweh is His name.

He said, "If you will carefully obey the Lord your God, do what is right in His eyes, pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am Yahweh who heals you."

"I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them: At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will eat bread until you are full. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God."

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods, because He did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel."

And they will know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might dwell among them. I am Yahweh their God.