¹⁸ And they shall hearken to thy voice, and thou shalt go·​·in, thou^◦ and the elders of Israel, to^▵ the king of Egypt; and you shall say to^▵ him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, has come^* upon us; and now let us go, we pray^◦ thee, a way of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

¹⁶ And the priest of Midian had^◦ seven daughters, and they came, and drew·​·up, and filled the troughs^*, to water^◦ the flock of their father.