EXODUS 10:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.”
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said: go, worship the Lord. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind. The most significant concession yet: women and children can go. Pharaoh has moved from men only (verse 11) to everyone — but not the animals. The flocks and herds must stay. The new condition is a practical one: with no livestock, Israel is not truly free — they have no means of sacrifice, no economic foundation, no ability to be self-sustaining in the wilderness. Pharaoh is offering freedom without the means of freedom. The partial concession is strategically designed to accept the form of the demand while defeating its substance. Acts 26:28 records Agrippa telling Paul: you almost persuade me to be a Christian — almost is not enough. Pharaoh's almost-release is the same kind of almost.
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