And Moses said, It would not be right to do so, for we will sacrifice to Jehovah our God what is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?

We must go a three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Jehovah our God just as He commands us.

And Pharaoh said, I will let you go that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make entreaty for me.

Then Jehovah said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and speak to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let My people go that they may serve Me.

For if you refuse to let them go and still retain them,

Then the hand of Jehovah is going to be on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very severe pestilence.

And Jehovah will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.

And Jehovah set an appointed time, saying, Tomorrow Jehovah will do this thing in the land.

And Jehovah did this thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel not one died.

And Pharaoh sent to inquire, and indeed there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.

Then Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Take handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become boils breaking out with sores on man and on beast throughout all the land of Egypt.

So they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it toward heaven, and it became boils breaking forth with sores on man and on beast.

And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

And Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had spoken to Moses.

Then Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and present yourself before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let My people go that they may serve Me.

For this time I am going to send all My plagues against you and on your servants and on your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

For if by now I had stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would have been cut off from the earth.

But indeed for this cause I have made you stand, to show you My power and to have My name proclaimed throughout all the earth.

You are still exalting yourself against My people by not letting them go.