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God said to Moses: I am the eternal God. So tell them that the Lord , whose name is "I Am," has sent you. This is my name forever, and it is the name that people must use from now on.

Call together the leaders of Israel and tell them that the God who was worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has appeared to you. Tell them I have seen how terribly they are being treated in Egypt,

The leaders of Israel will listen to you. Then you must take them to the king of Egypt and say, "The Lord God of the Hebrews has appeared to us. Let us walk three days into the desert, where we can offer a sacrifice to him."

"Do this," the Lord said, "and the Israelites will believe that you have seen me, the God who was worshiped by their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

So Moses put his wife and sons on donkeys and headed for Egypt, holding the walking stick that had the power of God.

Moses told Aaron what God had sent him to say; he also told him about the miracles God had given him the power to perform.

Moses and Aaron went to the king of Egypt and told him, "The Lord God says, ‘Let my people go into the desert, so they can honor me with a celebration there.'"

They answered, "The Lord God of the Hebrews, has appeared to us. Please let us walk three days into the desert where we can offer sacrifices to him. If you don't, he may strike us down with terrible troubles or with war."

but they must make the same number of bricks as before. They are lazy, or else they would not beg me to let them go and sacrifice to their God.

The Lord God told Moses: Soon you will see what I will do to the king. Because of my mighty power, he will let my people go, and he will even chase them out of his country.

But when I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I came as God All-Powerful and did not use my name.

I will accept you as my people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I was the one who rescued you from the Egyptians.

Tell him, "The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to order you to release his people, so they can worship him in the desert. But until now, you have paid no attention.

"Do it tomorrow!" the king replied. "As you wish," Moses agreed. "Then everyone will discover that there is no god like the Lord ,

The magicians told the king, "God has done this." But, as the Lord had said, the king was too stubborn to listen.

Then the king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, "Go sacrifice to your God, but stay here in Egypt."

"That's impossible!" Moses replied. "Any sacrifices we offer to the Lord our God would disgust the Egyptians, and they would stone us to death.

The Lord sent Moses with this message for the king of Egypt: The Lord God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him.

The Lord told Moses to get up early the next morning and say to the king: The Lord God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him!

But I am certain that neither you nor your officials really fear the Lord God."