Exodus 8:28
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559פַּרְעֹהpar'ohPharaohH6547אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595אֲשַׁלַּח'ashalachI will let goH7971אֶתְכֶם'etkhem<obj.> youH853וּזְבַחְתֶּםuzevachtemand you will sacrificeH2076לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵיכֶם'eloheikhemGod yourH430בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidbarin the wildernessH4057רַקrakonlyH7535הַרְחֵקharchekcertainly <to be far away>H7368לֹא־lo'-notH3808תַרְחִיקוּtarchikuyou must be far awayH7368לָלֶכֶתlalekhetto goH1980הַעְתִּירוּha'tiruprayH6279בַּעֲדִי׃ba'adifor meH1157
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Related verses
- 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.Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to 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.Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any 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.Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him 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.Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
- 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.Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.
- 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.Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from 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.“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
- 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.Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger 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.Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
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People and places
People: Pharaoh (Exodus 3)