KJV King James Version
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
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Exodus 8:28
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
WEB World English Bible
Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Pharaoh saith, ‘I send you away, and ye have sacrificed to Jehovah your God in the wilderness, only go not very far off; make ye supplication for me;’
Surrounding context — Exodus 8
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
27 We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms [of flies] may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms [of flies] from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayפַּרְעֹ֗הH6547 · par.ohPharaohאָנֹכִ֞יH595 · a.no.khiIאֲשַׁלַּ֤חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶתְכֶם֙H853 · et[Obj.]וּזְבַחְתֶּ֞םH2076 · za.vachto sacrificeלַיהוָ֤הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙H430 · e.lo.himGodבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רH4057 · mid.barmouthרַ֛קH7535 · raqexceptהַרְחֵ֥קH7368 · ra.chaqto removeלֹא־H3808 · lonotתַרְחִ֖יקוּH7368 · ra.chaqto removeלָלֶ֑כֶתH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentהַעְתִּ֖ירוּH6279 · a.tarto prayבַּעֲדִֽי׃H1157 · be.adabout/through/for
Cross-references
Exodus 8:8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.Exodus 9:28Intreat the LORD (for [it is] enough) that there be no [more] mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.1 Kings 13:6And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as [it was] before.Acts 8:24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.Exodus 8:29And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms [of flies] may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.Exodus 10:17Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.Ezra 6:10That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.Ecclesiastes 6:10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.Hosea 10:2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
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