Exodus 8:28

And Pharao said, I will let you go, and do you⌃ sacrifice to your God in the wilderness, but do not go very far away: pray then for me to the Lord.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The 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.

In Context

27We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as the Lord said to us.

29And Moses said, I then will go forth from you and pray to God, and the dog-fly shall depart both from your servants, and from your people to-morrow. Do not you, Pharao, deceive again, so as not to send the people away to do sacrifice to the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:19But I know that Pharao king of Egypt will not let you go, save with a mighty hand;

Exodus 8:8And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, and said, Pray for me to the Lord, and let him take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will send them away, and they shall sacrifice to the Lord.

Exodus 8:29And Moses said, I then will go forth from you and pray to God, and the dog-fly shall depart both from your servants, and from your people to-morrow. Do not you, Pharao, deceive again, so as not to send the people away to do sacrifice to the Lord.

Exodus 10:17+ 10:17 Gr. accept or allow. pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let him take away from me this death.

Ezra 6:10that they may offer sweet savours to the God of heaven, and that they may pray for the life of the king and his sons.

Hosea 10:2They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 8:21-32

20 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in… Read the whole commentary →

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