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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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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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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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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(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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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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“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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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

(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

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

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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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And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the (A)mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.

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42 It shall be a (A)regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, (B)where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. 43 There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be (C)sanctified by my glory.

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22 (A)There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from (B)between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

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Pillars of Cloud and Fire

17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did (A)not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people (B)change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” 18 But God (C)led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.

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24 Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, (A)“Go, serve the Lord; (B)your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.” 25 But Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”

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

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The Seventh Plague: Hail

13 Then the Lord said to Moses, (A)“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, that they may serve me.

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25 Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” 26 But Moses said, “It would not be right to do so, for the offerings we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God are an (A)abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings (B)abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? 27 We must go (C)three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God (D)as he tells us.” 28 So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you must not go very far away. (E)Plead for me.”

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31 And the people (A)believed; and when they heard that the Lord had (B)visited the people of Israel and that he had (C)seen their affliction, (D)they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Making Bricks Without Straw

Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold (E)a feast to me in the wilderness.’” But Pharaoh said, (F)“Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, (G)I will not let Israel go.” Then they said, “The (H)God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

24 At a lodging place on the way (A)the Lord met him and (B)sought to put him to death.

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16 Go and (A)gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, (B)“I have observed you and what has been done to you in Egypt,

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12 He said, (A)“But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, (B)you shall serve God on this mountain.”

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