Exodus 3:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁸ They will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; let us now go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’^{(A) 19} I know, however, that the king of Egypt will not let you go except by a mighty hand.^{(B) 20} So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will perform in it; after that he will let you go.^(C)