We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, as he commands us. Moses restates the original demand without modification. The three-day journey, the wilderness, the worship — exactly as God specified from the beginning. Between Pharaoh's compromise in verse 25 and Moses' firmness in verses 26–27 lies one of the most important leadership lessons in the Exodus narrative: the person who knows what God has asked does not renegotiate the terms in the face of pressure. Galatians 1:10 asks: am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Moses is answering that question through his refusal of Pharaoh's offer. The demand does not change because Pharaoh finds it inconvenient. It stays exactly what God said.

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