Exodus 8:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness, provided you do not go very far away. Pray for me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ So Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Entreat [your God] for me.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me.

Common English Bible

²⁸ So Pharaoh said, “I’ll let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God in the desert, provided you don’t go too far away and you pray for me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And Pharaoh said: "I will release you in order to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert. Yet you may only go so far. Petition for me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And Pharao said: I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness. But go no farther: pray for me.

Exodus 8:28 Cross References

1 Kings 13:6

The king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it was before.

Ezra 6:10

so that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his children.

Exodus 10:17

Do forgive my sin this once, and pray to the Lord your God that at the least he remove this deadly thing from me.”

Exodus 3:19

I know, however, that the king of Egypt will not let you go except by a mighty hand.

Exodus 7:13

However, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8:29

Then Moses said, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart tomorrow from Pharaoh, from his officials, and from his people; only do not let Pharaoh again deal falsely by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Exodus 8:8

Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take away the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Exodus 9:28

Pray to the Lord! Enough of God’s thunder and hail! I will let you go; you need stay no longer.”

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what humans are and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.

Jeremiah 42:2

the prophet Jeremiah and said, “Be good enough to listen to our plea, and pray to the Lord your God for us—for all this remnant. For there are only a few of us left out of many, as your eyes can see.

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

Acts 8:24

Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may happen to me.”