Exodus 3:18-20

Lexham English Bible

¹⁸ And they will listen to your voice, and you will go, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews has met with us, and now let us please go on a journey of three days into the desert, and let us sacrifice to Yahweh our God.’

¹⁹ But I myself know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless compelled by a strong hand.^{[a] 20} And I will stretch out my hand, and I will strike Egypt with all of my wonders that I will do in its midst, and afterward^[b] he will release you.