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22 Then you are to tell him, ‘Jehovah says, “Israel is my eldest son, 23 and I have commanded you to let him go away and worship me, but you have refused: and now see, I will slay your eldest son.”’”

24 As Moses and his family were traveling along and had stopped for the night, Jehovah appeared to Moses and threatened to kill him.

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22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,(A) 23 and I told you, “Let my son go,(B) so he may worship(C) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”(D)

24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses[a] and was about to kill(E) him.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 4:24 Hebrew him