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²³Ababonananga; akusukanga muntu endaweni yakhe izinsuku zaze zaba ntathu; kepha kubo bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli kwakukhona ukukhanya emakhaya abo. ²⁴UFaro wambiza uMose, wathi: “Hambani nimkhonze uJehova, kusale kuphela izimvu zenu nezinkomo zenu; izingane zenu zingahamba nani.” ²⁵Wathi uMose: “Wonikela esandleni sethu imihlatshelo neminikelo yokushiswa, ukuze sihlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu. ²⁶Imfuyo yethu nayo iyakuhamba nathi; akuyikusala nanselo, ngokuba siyakuthatha kuyo lokhu esiyakumkhonza ngakho uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu; asikwazi esiyakumkhonza ngakho uJehova, singakafiki khona.” ²⁷Kepha uJehova wayenza lukhuni inhliziyo kaFaro, kabavumelanga ukuba bahambe. ²⁸UFaro wathi kuye: “Suka kimi, uqaphele ukuba ungabuboni ubuso bami futhi; ngokuba mhla ubona ubuso bami, uyakufa.” ²⁹Wathi uMose: “Ukhulume kahle; angisayikubuye ngibone ubuso bakho.”