23 and I told you, “Let my son go,(A) so he may worship(B) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”(C)

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23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

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23 So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed (A)I will kill your son, your firstborn.” ’ ”

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Bricks Without Straw

Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go,(A) so that they may hold a festival(B) to me in the wilderness.’”

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And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

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First Encounter with Pharaoh

Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may [a]hold (A)a feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 5:1 keep a pilgrim-feast

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey(A) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues(B) or with the sword.”

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And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

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So they said, (A)“The God of the Hebrews has (B)met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with (C)pestilence or with the sword.”

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11 “Go, tell(A) Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”(B)

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11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.”

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16 Then say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship(A) me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.(B)

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16 And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

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16 And you shall say to him, (A)‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go, (B)that they may [a]serve Me in the wilderness”; but indeed, until now you would not hear!

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 7:16 worship

The Plague of Flies

20 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning(A) and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship(B) me.

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20 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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The Fourth Plague: Flies

20 And the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: (B)“Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

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27 We must take a three-day journey(A) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices(B) to the Lord our God, as he commands us.”

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

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27 We will go (A)three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as (B)He will command us.”

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The Plague of Hail

13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship(A) me,

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13 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, 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 early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may (B)serve Me,

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Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival(A) to the Lord.”

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And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.

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And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for (A)we must hold a feast to the Lord.”

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