Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 10:24 in context
Exodus 10:21–27
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The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.”
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Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
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They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
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Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”
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Moses said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
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Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve the LORD our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve the LORD, until we come there.”
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But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go.
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