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Exodus 8:24-27

24And the LORDH3068didוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213soכֵּ֔ןKenH3651.Thickכָּבֵ֔דka.VedH3515swarmsעָרֹ֣בa.RoH6157of fliespouredוַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'H935into Pharaoh’sH6547palaceבֵּ֥יתָהBei.tahH1004and into the housesוּבֵ֣יתu.VeitH1004of his officialsעֲבָדָ֑יו'a.va.DavH5650.Throughoutוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605Egyptמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714the landאֶ֧רֶץ'E.retzH776was ruinedתִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץti.sha.Chet ha.'A.retzH7843 H776byמִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.NeiH6440swarmsהֶעָרֹֽב׃he.'a.RoH6157of flies.

25Then PharaohH6547 H413summonedוַיִּקְרָ֣אvai.yik.Ra'H7121MosesH4872and Aaronוּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֑ןu.le.'a.ha.RonH175and saidH559, “Goלְכ֛וּle.KhuH1980,sacrificeH2076to your Godלֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֖םle.lo.hei.KhemH430within this landבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.”

26But MosesH4872repliedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “It would notלֹ֤אlo'H3808be rightנָכוֹן֙na.khOnH3559to doלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213thatכֵּ֔ןKenH3651,becauseכִּ֚יkiH3588the sacrifices we offerנִזְבַּ֖חniz.BachH2076to the LORDH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430would be detestableתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441to the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714.Ifהֵ֣ןhenH2005we offer sacrificesנִזְבַּ֞חniz.BachH2076that areאֶת־'et-H853detestableתּוֹעֲבַ֥תto.'a.VatH8441beforeלְעֵינֵיהֶ֖םle.'ei.nei.HemH5869the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,will they notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808stone usיִסְקְלֻֽנוּ׃yis.ke.Lu.nuH5619?

27We must makeנֵלֵ֖ךְne.LekhH1980a three-dayשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔יםshe.Lo.shet ya.MimH7969 H3117journeyדֶּ֚רֶךְDe.rekhH1870into the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057and sacrificeוְזָבַ֙חְנוּ֙ve.za.Vach.nuH2076to the LORDH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430asכַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.SherH834He commands usיֹאמַ֥ר אֵלֵֽינוּ׃yo.Mar 'e.Lei.nuH559 H413.”

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