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Exodus 8:28

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And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

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  1. Exodus 8:26

    And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

  2. Exodus 8:27

    We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.

  3. Exodus 8:29

    And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.

  4. Exodus 8:30

    And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.

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