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Then the king called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Go and offer sacrifices to your God here in this country."

"It would not be right to do that," Moses answered, "because the Egyptians would be offended by our sacrificing the animals that we offer to the Lord our God. If we use these animals and offend the Egyptians by sacrificing them where they can see us, they will stone us to death.

We must travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, just as he commanded us."

The king said, "I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord , your God, in the desert, if you do not go very far. Pray for me."

The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the king and tell him that the Lord , the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

Hail The Lord then said to Moses, "Early tomorrow morning meet with the king and tell him that the Lord , the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

But I know that you and your officials do not yet fear the Lord God."

So Moses and Aaron went to the king and said to him, "The Lord , the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘How much longer will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

The king's officials said to him, "How long is this man going to give us trouble? Let the Israelite men go, so that they can worship the Lord their God. Don't you realize that Egypt is ruined?"

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to the king, and he said to them, "You may go and worship the Lord your God. But exactly who will go?"

Then the king hurriedly called Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

Now forgive my sin this one time and pray to the Lord your God to take away this fatal punishment from me."

Moses answered, "Then you would have to provide us with animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings to offer to the Lord our God.

No, we will take our animals with us; not one will be left behind. We ourselves must select the animals with which to worship the Lord our God. And until we get there, we will not know what animals to sacrifice to him."

When the king of Egypt let the people go, God did not take them by the road that goes up the coast to Philistia, although it was the shortest way. God thought, "I do not want the people to change their minds and return to Egypt when they see that they are going to have to fight."

Moses took the body of Joseph with him, as Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly promise to do. Joseph had said, "When God rescues you, you must carry my body with you from this place."

The angel of God, who had been in front of the army of Israel, moved and went to the rear. The pillar of cloud also moved until it was

The Lord is my strong defender; he is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will sing about his greatness.

"I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them that at twilight they will have meat to eat, and in the morning they will have all the bread they want. Then they will know that I, the Lord , am their God."

Moses said to Joshua, "Pick out some men to go and fight the Amalekites tomorrow. I will stand on top of the hill holding the stick that God told me to carry."