26. But Moses said, “It would not be right to do that. The Egyptians think it is terrible to kill animals as sacrifices for the Lord our God. If we do this here, the Egyptians will see us and throw stones at us and kill us.
27. Let us go three days into the desert and offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. This is what he told us to do.”
28. So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go and offer sacrifices to the Lord your God in the desert, but you must not go very far. Now, go and pray for me.”
29. Moses said, “Look, I will leave and ask the Lord to remove the flies from you, your people, and your officials tomorrow. But you must not stop the people from offering sacrifices to the Lord.”
30. So Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.
31. And the Lord did what Moses asked. He removed the flies from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people. None of the flies remained.
32. But Pharaoh again became stubborn and did not let the people go.