“ The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him,‘ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord, our God.’

他们必听你的话。你和以色列的长老要去见埃及王，对他说：‘耶和华希伯来人的神遇见了我们，现在求你容我们往旷野去，走三天的路程，为要祭祀耶和华我们的神。’

他们必听你的话。你和以色列的长老要到埃及王那里，对他说：‘耶和华—希伯来人的上帝向我们显现，现在求你让我们往旷野去，走三天的路程，为要向耶和华我们的上帝献祭。’

他们必听你的话。你和以色列的长老要到埃及王那里，对他说：‘耶和华—希伯来人的神向我们显现，现在求你让我们往旷野去，走三天的路程，为要向耶和华我们的神献祭。’

以色列的长老们必定听从你的话，你就跟他们一起去见埃及王，对他说，‘希伯来人的上帝耶和华向我们显现。现在请你容许我们走三天的路程，到旷野去，向我们的上帝耶和华献祭。’

他们必听你的话；你和以色列的长老要到埃及王那里去，对他说：‘耶和华希伯来人的神遇见了我们。现在求你让我们走三天的路程到旷野去，好献祭给耶和华我们的神。’

他們必聽你的話。你和以色列的長老要去見埃及王，對他說：『耶和華－希伯來人的神遇見了我們，現在求你容我們往曠野去，走三天的路程，為要祭祀耶和華－我們的神。』

他們必聽你的話。你和以色列的長老要到埃及王那裏，對他說：『耶和華－希伯來人的上帝向我們顯現，現在求你讓我們往曠野去，走三天的路程，為要向耶和華我們的上帝獻祭。』

他們必聽你的話。你和以色列的長老要到埃及王那裏，對他說：『耶和華－希伯來人的神向我們顯現，現在求你讓我們往曠野去，走三天的路程，為要向耶和華我們的神獻祭。』

以色列的長老們必定聽從你的話，你就跟他們一起去見埃及王，對他說，『希伯來人的上帝耶和華向我們顯現。現在請你容許我們走三天的路程，到曠野去，向我們的上帝耶和華獻祭。』

他們必聽你的話；你和以色列的長老要到埃及王那裡去，對他說：‘耶和華希伯來人的神遇見了我們。現在求你讓我們走三天的路程到曠野去，好獻祭給耶和華我們的神。’

他們必聽你的話；你和以色列的長老要去見埃及王，對他說：「永恆主、希伯來人的上帝碰見了我們；現在求你容我們走三天的路程到曠野去，好獻祭給永恆主我們的上帝。」

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以色列長老必聽從爾、爾與之覲埃及王曰、希百來族之上帝耶和華、已降臨於我、請許我詣野、歷程三日、以祭我上帝耶和華。

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“ The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him,‘ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.’

“ The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt. You must say to him,‘ The Lord has met with us. He is the God of the Hebrews. Let us take a journey that lasts about three days. We want to go into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.’

And they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him,‘ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

Then they will pay attention to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him,‘ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him,‘ The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

“ The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him,‘ The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

They will listen to your voice. You shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him,‘ Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.’

“ Go back to Pharaoh,” the Lord commanded Moses.“ Tell him,‘ This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.

Then announce to him,‘ The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you,“ Let my people go, so they can worship me in the wilderness.” Until now, you have refused to listen to him.

We will obey you just as we obeyed Moses. And may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

Finally, Pharaoh called for Moses.“ Go and worship the Lord,” he said.“ But leave your flocks and herds here. You may even take your little ones with you.”“ No,” Moses said,“ you must provide us with animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings to the Lord our God.All our livestock must go with us, too; not a hoof can be left behind. We must choose our sacrifices for the Lord our God from among these animals. And we won’t know how we are to worship the Lord until we get there.”

At the same time, God’s hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials, who were following the word of the Lord.

“ Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them,‘ Yahweh, the God of your ancestors— the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— has appeared to me. He told me,“ I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you.

Then the Lord said to Moses,“ Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him,‘ This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.

“ These burnt offerings are to be made each day from generation to generation. Offer them in the Lord’s presence at the Tabernacle entrance; there I will meet with you and speak with you.I will meet the people of Israel there, in the place made holy by my glorious presence.

Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant, in front of the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. I will meet with you there.

I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant. From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.

Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him,“ Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.”

Then the people of Israel were convinced that the Lord had sent Moses and Aaron. When they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.After this presentation to Israel’s leaders, Moses and Aaron went and spoke to Pharaoh. They told him,“ This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go so they may hold a festival in my honor in the wilderness.”“ Is that so?” retorted Pharaoh.“ And who is the Lord? Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”But Aaron and Moses persisted.“ The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they declared.“ So let us take a three day journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don’t, he will kill us with a plague or with the sword.”

Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron.“ All right! Go ahead and offer sacrifices to your God,” he said.“ But do it here in this land.”But Moses replied,“ That wouldn’t be right. The Egyptians detest the sacrifices that we offer to the Lord our God. Look, if we offer our sacrifices here where the Egyptians can see us, they will stone us.We must take a three day trip into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, just as he has commanded us.”“ All right, go ahead,” Pharaoh replied.“ I will let you go into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God. But don’t go too far away. Now hurry and pray for me.”

Then Balaam said to the king,“ Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the Lord.”And the Lord met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said,“ Go back to Balak and give him my message.”

Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant, where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy.

Place these staffs in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark containing the tablets of the Covenant, where I meet with you.

They did not ask,‘ Where is the Lord who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness— a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and death, where no one lives or even travels?’

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said,“ This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so they can worship me.

When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said,“ If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea. Thus the Israelites left Egypt like an army ready for battle.

God answered,“ I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”

Jacob said to Joseph,“ God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

When you go to war, your people will serve you willingly. You are arrayed in holy garments, and your strength will be renewed each day like the morning dew.

When Abram was ninety nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said,“ I am El Shaddai—‘ God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.

“ Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says:“ I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.

You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved?

and if you will not listen to my servants, the prophets— for I sent them again and again to warn you, but you would not listen to them—

Then Balaam said to Balak,“ Stand here by your burnt offerings, and I will go to see if the Lord will respond to me. Then I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So Balaam went alone to the top of a bare hill,and God met him there. Balaam said to him,“ I have prepared seven altars and have sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.”

Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai.

On the way to Egypt, at a place where Moses and his family had stopped for the night, the Lord confronted him and was about to kill him.

The Lord had said to Abram,“ Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.