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I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name ‘The Lord ' I did not make myself known to them.

I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has freed you from the burdens of the Egyptians.

The Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.

Say to him, ‘The Lord , the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, "Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness." But until now you have not listened.

And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "As you say! So that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God,

And the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land."

But Moses said, "It would not be right to do so; for the sacrifices that we offer to the Lord our God are offensive to the Egyptians. If we offer in the sight of the Egyptians sacrifices that are offensive to them, will they not stone us?

We must go a three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as he commands us."

So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness, provided you do not go very far away. Pray for me."

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord , the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord , the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

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

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and said to him, "Thus says the Lord , the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

Pharaoh's officials said to him, "How long shall this fellow be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God; do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?"

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, worship the Lord your God! But which ones are to go?"

Pharaoh hurriedly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

Do forgive my sin just this once, and pray to the Lord your God that at the least he remove this deadly thing from me."

But Moses said, "You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings to sacrifice to the Lord our God.

Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must choose some of them for the worship of the Lord our God, and we will not know what to use to worship the Lord until we arrive there."