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So Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the special stick of God in his hand.

The Lord said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses in the desert." So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

After this, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "The Lord, the God of Israel, says this: ‘Let My people go, that they may have a special supper to honor Me in the desert.'"

Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. We ask of you, let us travel into the desert three days, to give a gift on an altar in worship to the Lord our God. Or He may send death to us by disease or by the sword."

But have them make the same number of clay blocks as before, and no less. They are crying, ‘Let us go and give a gift in worship to our God,' because they are lazy.

God said to Moses, "I am the Lord.

I showed Myself as God All-powerful to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I did not make Myself known to them by My name, the Lord.

Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God. And you will know that I am the Lord your God. I will bring you out from under the heavy loads of the Egyptians.

The Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh. Your brother Aaron will be the one who speaks for you.

And say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, so they may worship Me in the desert. But see, you have not yet listened."

Pharaoh said, "Tomorrow." And Moses said, "May it be as you say. You will know that there is no one like the Lord our God.

Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hard. He did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Go and give a gift in worship to your God here in the land."

But Moses said, "It is not right to do this. For the Egyptians hate what we would give in worship to the Lord our God. If the Egyptians see us giving this gift and doing what they think is sinful, will they not throw stones at us?

We must travel three days to the desert and give a gift in worship to the Lord our God, as He tells us to do."

So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, so you may give a gift to the Lord your God. But do not go very far away. Pray for me."

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says this: "Let My people go, so they may worship Me.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and stand in front of Pharaoh and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says this: "Let My people go, so they may worship Me.

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

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They said to him, "The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says this: ‘How long will you hold your pride before Me? Let My people go, so they may worship Me.