⁷ The Lord said, “I have surely ^(A)seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.

The Mission of Moses

¹⁰ Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, ^(A)so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”

Israel’s Labor Increased

5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “^(A)Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘^(B)Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

¹² Why should ^(A)the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people.

^14 (A)So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.

^26 (A)I prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

²⁹ Yet they are Your people, even ^(A)Your inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your ^(B)great power and Your outstretched arm.’