They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,

Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the ISRAELites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.

Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

You shall dwell in temporary shelters seven days. All who are native-born in ISRAEL shall dwell in temporary shelters,

all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the children of ISRAEL. Just allocate it to ISRAEL for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.