Exodus 8:22

New American Bible - revised edition

But Moses replied, “It is not right to do so, for what we sacrifice to the Lord, our God, is abhorrent to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is abhorrent to the Egyptians before their very eyes, will they not stone us?

Cross References

Genesis 46:34

you must answer, ‘We your servants, like our ancestors, have been owners of livestock from our youth until now,’ in order that you may stay in the region of Goshen, since all shepherds are abhorrent to the Egyptians.”

Psalm 110:2

The scepter of your might: the Lord extends your strong scepter from Zion. Have dominion over your enemies!

Psalm 74:12

Yet you, God, are my king from of old, winning victories throughout the earth.

Exodus 10:23

People could not see one another, nor could they get up from where they were, for three days. But all the Israelites had light where they lived.

Exodus 12:13

But for you the blood will mark the houses where you are. Seeing the blood, I will pass over you; thereby, when I strike the land of Egypt, no destructive blow will come upon you.

Exodus 19:5

Now, if you obey me completely and keep my covenant, you will be my treasured possession among all peoples, though all the earth is mine.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 7:17

Thus says the Lord: This is how you will know that I am the Lord. With the staff here in my hand, I will strike the water in the Nile and it will be changed into blood.

Exodus 7:5

All Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of their midst.

Exodus 8:10

Heaps of them were piled up, and the land stank.

Exodus 8:21

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go sacrifice to your God within the land.”

Exodus 8:23

We must go a three days’ journey in the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord, our God, as he commands us.”

Exodus 9:26

Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, was there no hail.

Exodus 9:29

Moses replied to him, “As soon as I leave the city I will extend my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord.

Exodus 9:4

But the Lord will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that nothing belonging to the Israelites will die.

Exodus 9:6

And on the next day the Lord did it. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

Ezekiel 30:19

I will execute judgment against Egypt that they may know that I am the Lord. Pharaoh’s Broken Arm.

Malachi 3:18

Then you will again distinguish between the just and the wicked, Between the person who serves God, and the one who does not.