Exodus 8:28 meaning and explanation

Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

Exodus 8:28, Berean Standard Bible

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Pharaoh is speaking to Moses during the fourth plague, the swarms of flies. Under pressure he concedes ground but keeps a leash: Israel may go and sacrifice, yet not far away, so Egypt can still reach them.

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