17. I promise I will take you away from your misery in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’
18. “The leaders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the leaders must go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.’
19. I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, even if he is forced to.
20. So I will use my power to strike Egypt. After all the miracles that I will do there, he will let you go.
21. I will make the Egyptians kind to the people of Israel so that, when you leave, you will not leave empty-handed.
22. “Every Hebrew woman should ask her Egyptian neighbor and any woman living in her home for silver and gold jewelry and for clothes. Put them on your sons and daughters. This way you will strip Egypt of its wealth.”