Then he saidto them, "Thusmay the LORDbe with you, ifeverI letyou and your littleonesgo!Takeheed,for evilis in your mind.
Nowtherefore, do not let Hezekiahdeceiveyou or misleadyou like this,and do not believehim, for nogodof anynationor kingdomwas ableto deliverhis peoplefrom my handor from the handof my fathers.Howmuchlesswill your Goddeliveryou from my hand?'"
"Not so!Gonow,the men[among you], and servethe LORD,for that is what you desire."So they were drivenout from Pharaoh'spresence.
Then Pharaohcalledto Moses,and said,"Go,servethe LORD;onlylet your flocksand your herdsbe detained.Evenyour littleonesmay gowith you."
Mosessaid,"We shall gowith our youngand our old;with our sonsand our daughters,with our flocksand our herdswe shall go,for we must hold a feastto the LORD."
The LORDwas goingbeforethem in a pillarof cloudby dayto leadthem on the way,and in a pillarof fireby nightto givethem light,that they might travelby dayand by night.
Whois therewho speaksand it comesto pass,Unlessthe Lordhas commanded[it]?