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Then Aaron and Moses said, “The God of the Hebrews has talked with us. Now let us travel three days into the desert. There we will offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don’t do this, he may kill us with a disease or in war.”

But the king said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their work? Go back to your hard work! There are very many Hebrews. And now you want them to quit their hard work!”

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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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