Exodus 10:26

ESV Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there."

NIV Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord."

NASB Therefore, our livestock too shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we shall take some of them to serve the Lord our God. And until we arrive there, we ourselves do not know with what we shall serve the Lord.'

CSB Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind because we will take some of them to worship the Lord our God. We will not know what we will use to worship the Lord until we get there."

NLT All our livestock must go with us, too; not a hoof can be left behind. We must choose our sacrifices for the Lord our God from among these animals. And we won’t know how we are to worship the Lord until we get there.'

KJV Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

NKJV Our livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the Lord our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”

What does Exodus 10:26 mean?

Moses continues his response to Pharaoh (Exodus 10:25). God has repeatedly demanded that the Israelite people be freed (Exodus 5:1; 7:16; 8:1, 20–21; 9:1, 13; 10:3). Pharaoh has constantly rejected these commands (Exodus 5:2; 7:13–14, 22; 8:15, 19, 32; 9:7, 35; 10:20). The result was nine epic disasters which devasted the nation of Egypt (Exodus 7:21; 8:6, 17, 24; 9:6, 10, 24; 10:14, 23). Even now, the Egyptian king is trying to negotiate a way out of complete obedience. He has suggested that the enslaved people (Exodus 1:11–14) may leave, but their animals must stay. Moses has refused this condition. Here, he explains why.

This is the second time Moses has rejected an offer from Pharaoh. The first was when Moses declined to take only Israelite men (Exodus 10:7–9). Pharaoh's response (Exodus 10:28) will lead to the most horrific plague of all: the death of Egyptian firstborn (Exodus 4:21–23; 12:29–30).

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