Exodus 8:25-27

International Standard Version

²⁵ Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, offer sacrifices to your God in the land.”

²⁶ “It wouldn’t be right to sacrifice in this way,”^[a] Moses replied, “because if we do,^[b] we will sacrifice to the Lord our God what is offensive to the Egyptians.^[c] If we offer sacrifices that are offensive to the Egyptians^[d] in front of them, they’ll stone us, won’t they? ²⁷ We must go a three-day journey into the desert, and we’ll offer sacrifices to the Lord our God just as he has told us.”