Moses said, “{Not only will we take our sheep and cattle with us, but when we leave,} even you will give us offerings and sacrifices [59] for us to use in worshiping the Lord our God!
Exodus 10:26 - Easy To Read Version Yes, we will take our animals with us to worship the Lord. Not one hoof [60] will be left behind. We don’t know yet exactly what we will need to worship the Lord. We will learn that only when we get to the place we are going. So we must take all of these things with us.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Our livestock also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for of them must we take to serve the Lord our God, and we know not with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there. American Standard Version (1901) Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind: for thereof must we take to serve Jehovah our God; and we know not with what we must serve Jehovah, until we come thither. Common English Bible So our livestock must go with us. Not one animal can be left behind. We’ll need some of them for worshipping the LORD our God. We won’t know which to use to worship the LORD until we get there.” Catholic Public Domain Version All the flocks shall travel with us. Not one hoof of them shall remain behind. For they are necessary for the worship of the Lord our God, especially since we do not know what ought to be immolated, until we arrive at the very place." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All the flocks shall go with us. There shall not a hoof remain of them: for they are necessary for the service of the Lord our God; especially as we know not what must be offered, till we come to the very place. |
Moses said, “{Not only will we take our sheep and cattle with us, but when we leave,} even you will give us offerings and sacrifices [59] for us to use in worshiping the Lord our God!
Moses answered, “All of our people, young and old, will go. And we will take our sons and daughters, and our sheep and cattle with us. We will all go because the Lord’s feast is for all of us.”
Take all of your sheep and cattle with you, just like you said you would. Go! And say a blessing for me too!”
Let us go three days into the desert and offer sacrifices [56] to the Lord our God. This is what the Lord told us to do.”
But Tyre will not keep the money she earns. Tyre’s profit from her trade will be saved for the Lord. Tyre will give that profit to the people that serve the Lord. So the Lord’s servants will eat until they are full, and they will wear nice clothes.
“The leaders of the people went to look for the Lord. They took their ‘sheep’ and ‘cows’ with them. But they did not find the Lord. Why? Because he left them.
At that time, everything will belong to God. Even the harnesses on the horses will have the label, HOLY TO THE LORD. {\cf2\super [35]} And all the pots used in the Lord’s temple will be just as important as the bowls used at the altar.
And they gave in a way that we did not expect: They gave themselves to the Lord and to us before \{they gave their money\}. This is what God wants.
God called Abraham to travel to another place that God promised to give Abraham. Abraham did not know where that other place was. But Abraham obeyed God and started traveling, because Abraham had faith.