Exodus 8:20 meaning and explanation

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

Exodus 8:20, Berean Standard Bible

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These words come during the fourth plague, as God instructs Moses to confront Pharaoh at the Nile, where Pharaoh went each morning, perhaps for ritual washing or to inspect the water. The command repeats the demand that has run through the plagues: Israel must be released to worship, and the Hebrew verb for worship carries the sense of serving.

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