and I have said to thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and thou have refused to let him go. Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.

And Pharaoh said, Who is LORD, that I should hearken to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

And LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.

For if thou refuse to let them go, and will still hold them,

Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into thy border.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them to let them live, and the rulers of the congregation swore to them.

a loving hind and a pleasant doe. Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravished always with her love.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Thus says LORD of hosts: The sons of Israel and the sons of Judah are oppressed together, and all who took them captive hold them firm; they refuse to let them go.

One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind.