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Then they said, “The (A)God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your (B)burdens.” And Pharaoh said, “Behold, (C)the people of the land are now many,[a] and you make them rest from their burdens!”

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  1. Exodus 5:5 Samaritan they are now more numerous than the people of the land

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.”

But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor?(C) Get back to your work!” Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous,(D) and you are stopping them from working.”

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