‏ Exodus 8:25-28

25Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” 26But Moses said, “It would not be right to do so, for the offerings we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God are an aabomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings babominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? 27We must go cthree daysjourney into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God das he tells us.” 28So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you must not go very far away. ePlead for me.”
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