Thou also must, &c. The pron. is emphatic. Pharaoh, besides letting the Israelites" cattle go, must also himself contribute to the sacrifices which will be offered. By -sacrifices" (lit. slaughterings) are meant the most common kind of sacrifice, called elsewhere for distinction -peace-offerings" (see on Exodus 20:24): they are often, esp. in the historical books, mentioned together with burnt-offerings (see ibid.).

sacrifice Heb. do, used in a sacrificial sense, like ῥέζειν and facere, and the Ass. epêshu. So Exodus 29:36; Exodus 29:38, Deu 12:27, 1 Kings 3:15, and frequently (the instances in the OT. have been collected by the writer in DB.s.v. Offer, Offering, No. 7, iii. 588 b).

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