Exodus 8:25-27

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁵ And Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Go, sacrifice to your God [here] in the land [of Egypt].

²⁶ And Moses said, It is not suitable or right to do that; for the animals the Egyptians hold sacred and will not permit to be slain are those which we are accustomed to sacrifice to the Lord our God; if we did this before the eyes of the Egyptians, would they not stone us?

²⁷ We will go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as He will command us.