Exodus 8:26

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But Moses said, ‘It would not be right  to do that, because what we will sacrifice to the Lord our God is detestable to the Egyptians.  If we sacrifice what the Egyptians detest in front of them, won’t they stone us?

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

you are to say, “Your servants, both we and our ancestors, have raised livestock  from our youth until now.” Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to Egyptians.’

Genesis 43:32

They served him by himself, his brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, since that is detestable to them.

Isaiah 44:19

No one comes to his senses; no one has the perception or insight to say, ‘I burned half of it in the fire, I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted meat and ate. Should I make something detestable  with the rest of it? Should I bow down to a block of wood? ’

Ezra 9:1

After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said, ‘The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves  from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices  are like those of the Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

2 Kings 23:13

The king also defiled the high places that were opposite Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the abhorrent idol of the Sidonians; for Chemosh, the abhorrent idol of Moab; and for Milcom, the detestable idol of the Ammonites.

Exodus 3:18

They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

Exodus 8:8

Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, ‘Appeal  to the Lord to remove the frogs from me and my people. Then I will let the people go and they can sacrifice to the Lord.’