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Exodus 8:26

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26But Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we will sacrifice to Yahweh our God 1what is aan abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice 2what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us?

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit the abomination of Egypt
  2. 2Lit the abomination of Egypt

Cross references

  1. aGen 43:32; 46:34; Deut 7:25f

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Moses said, “It would not be right to do so, for the offerings we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God are an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But Moses said, “That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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?

NLTNew Living Translation

But Moses replied, “That wouldn’t be right. The Egyptians detest the sacrifices that we offer to the Lord our God. Look, if we offer our sacrifices here where the Egyptians can see us, they will stone us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Moses said, “To do so is not right, because we will sacrifice to Yahweh our God a thing detestable to the Egyptians. Look, if we sacrifice before their eyes the thing detestable to the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

KJV 1900King James Version

And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?