“You must not follow a crowd ¹  in doing evil things; ²  in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice, ³ 

He said ¹  to his people, “Look at ²  the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

Pharaoh was thinking, ¹  “The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.”

A mixed multitude ¹  also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle. ² 

Pray to the Lord, for the mighty ¹  thunderings and hail are too much! ²  I will release you and you will stay no longer.” ³ 

The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and solemnly warn ¹  the people, lest they force their way through to the Lord to look, and many of them perish. ² 

I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals ¹  multiply against you.

The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: ¹  “The Lord, the Lord, ²  the compassionate and gracious ³  God, slow to anger, ⁴  and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, ⁵ 

¹ During ²  that long period of time ³  the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites ⁴  groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry ⁵  because of their slave labor went up to God.