Good News Bible Anglicised

Exodus 8:28-32 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

28. The king said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord, your God, in the desert, if you do not go very far. Pray for me.”

29. Moses answered, “As soon as I leave, I will pray to the Lord that tomorrow the flies will leave you, your officials, and your people. But you must not deceive us again and prevent the people from going to sacrifice to the Lord.”

30. Moses left the king and prayed to the Lord,

31. and the Lord did as Moses asked. The flies left the king, his officials, and his people; not one fly remained.

32. But even this time the king became stubborn, and again he would not let the people go.