At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.”
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
“Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever.
Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
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