24 Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship Yahweh. Even your families may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

25 Moses responded, “You must also let us have[a] sacrifices and burnt offerings to prepare for Yahweh our God. 26 Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind because we will take some of them to worship Yahweh our God. We will not know what we will use to worship Yahweh until we get there.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 10:25 Lit also give in our hand

24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go,(A) worship the Lord. Even your women and children(B) may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”(C)

25 But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings(D) to present to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.”

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