Let My People Go

(1) Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Eternal One, the God of Israel: Let My people go that they may celebrate a festival for Me in the wilderness.” (2) But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Eternal One that I should heed the Eternal and let Israel go? I do not know the Eternal One, nor will I let Israel go.” (3) They answered, “The God of the Hebrews has manifested the Eternal's self to us. Let us go, we pray, a distance of three days into the wilderness to sacrifice to the Eternal One our God, lest the Eternal strike us with pestilence or sword.”

(16) And say to him, ‘The Eternal One, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, “Let My people go that they may worship Me in the wilderness.” But you have paid no heed until now.

(16) And the Eternal One said to Moses, “Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh, as he is coming out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Eternal One: Let My people go that they may worship Me.

(1) The Eternal One said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Eternal One the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go to worship Me.

(13) The Eternal One said to Moses, “Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Eternal One the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go to worship Me.

(3) So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Eternal One, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go that they may worship Me.

(7) Pharaoh’s courtiers said to him, “How long shall this one be a snare to us? Let the men go to worship the Eternal One their God! Are you not yet aware that Egypt is lost?” (8) So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh and he said to them, “Go, worship the Eternal One your God! Who are the ones to go?” (9) Moses replied, “We will all go, young and old: we will go with our sons and daughters, our flocks and herds; for we must observe the Eternal One’s festival.” (10) But he said to them, “The Eternal One be with you the same as I mean to let your children go with you! Clearly, you are bent on mischief. (11) No! You menfolk go and worship the Eternal One, since that is what you want.” And they were expelled from Pharaoh’s presence.

(24) Pharaoh then summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the Eternal One! Only your flocks and your herds shall be left behind; even your children may go with you.” (25) But Moses said, “You yourself must provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to offer up to the Eternal One our God; (26) our own livestock, too, shall go along with us—not a hoof shall remain behind: for we must select from it for the worship of the Eternal One our God; and we shall not know with what we are to worship the Eternal One until we arrive there.” (27) But the Eternal One stiffened Pharaoh’s heart and he would not agree to let them go. (28) Pharaoh said to him, “Be gone from me! Take care not to see me again, for the moment you look upon my face you shall die.” (29) And Moses replied, “You have spoken rightly. I shall not see your face again!”

(9) Now the Eternal One had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not heed you, in order that My marvels may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” (10) Moses and Aaron had performed all these marvels before Pharaoh, but the Eternal One had stiffened the heart of Pharaoh so that he would not let the Israelites go from his land.

(1) The Eternal One said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: (2) This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you. (3) Speak to the whole community of Israel and say that on the tenth of this month each of them shall take a lamb to a family, a lamb to a household. (4) But if the household is too small for a lamb, let him share one with a neighbor who dwells nearby, in proportion to the number of persons: you shall contribute for the lamb according to what each household will eat. (5) Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. (6) You shall keep watch over it until the fourteenth day of this month; and all the assembled congregation of the Israelites shall slaughter it at twilight. (7) They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they are to eat it. (8) They shall eat the flesh that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs. (9) Do not eat any of it raw, or cooked in any way with water, but roasted—head, legs, and entrails—over the fire. (10) You shall not leave any of it over until morning; if any of it is left until morning, you shall burn it. (11) This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly: it is a passover offering to the Eternal One. (12) For that night I will go through the land of Egypt and strike down every first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and I will mete out punishments to all the gods of Egypt, I the Eternal One. (13) And the blood on the houses where you are staying shall be a sign for you: when I see the blood I will pass over you, so that no plague will destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

(31) He summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, “Up, depart from among my people, you and the Israelites with you! Go, worship the the Eternal One as you said!