18 And (A)they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel (B)shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has (C)met with us; and now, please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

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18 “The elders of Israel will listen(A) to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,(B) has met(C) with us. Let us take a three-day journey(D) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices(E) to the Lord our God.’

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The Fifth Plague: Egyptian Livestock Die

Then the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says (B)the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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The Plague on Livestock

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship(A) me.”

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16 And you shall say to him, ‘The (A)Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, (B)that they may serve me in the wilderness.” But so far, you have not obeyed.

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16 Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship(A) me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.(B)

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15 Balaam said to Balak, (A)“Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.” 16 And the Lord met Balaam and (B)put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”

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15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”

16 The Lord met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth(A) and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”

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(A)and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you (B)urgently, (C)though you have not listened,

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and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened(A)),

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They did not say, (A)‘Where is the Lord
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us (B)in the wilderness,
    in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
    in a land that none passes through,
    where no man dwells?’

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They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts(B) and ravines,(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels(D) and no one lives?’

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“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of (A)your youth,
    your love (B)as a bride,
(C)how you followed me in the wilderness,
    (D)in a land not sown.

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“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,(A)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,(B)
    through a land not sown.

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You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,
    those who remember you in your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;
    in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:5 Or in your ways is continuance, that we might be saved

You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(A)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.(B)
    How then can we be saved?

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(A)Your people will (B)offer themselves freely
    on the day of your (C)power,[a]
    in (D)holy garments;[b]
from the womb of the morning,
    the dew of your youth will be yours.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
  2. Psalm 110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
  3. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,(A)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.[a](B)

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  1. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

12 The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded (A)by the word of the Lord.

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12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity(A) of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.

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17 Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God (A)be with you, as he was with Moses!

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17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you.(A) Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

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Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, (A)where I meet with you.

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Place them in the tent of meeting(A) in front of the ark of the covenant law,(B) where I meet with you.(C)

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36 You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting (A)where I shall meet with you. (B)It shall be most holy for you.

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36 Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet(A) with you. It shall be most holy(B) to you.

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