Exodus 3:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ I have said that I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

¹⁸ “The elders of Israel^[a] will listen to you,^[b] and then you and they^[c] are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now, let us take a three-day journey into the desert to sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ ¹⁹ I know that the king of Egypt won’t allow you to go unless compelled to do so by force,^[d]