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.

⁶ in that^◦ day that I lifted·​·up My hand to them, to bring· them ·out from the land of Egypt to^▵ a land that I had explored for them, flowing with milk and honey; it^◦ is the elegance for all the lands: