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Exodus 8:21-25. Not too far away. Pharaoh negotiates with Moses and Aaron in the established ochre-columned audience hall while natural small flies remain visibly in the air and on the throne. Exactly three main figures, distinct from references: Pharaoh seated right in blue-and-gold nemes and white linen extends one hand in a measured limited concession. Moses stands left in crimson mantle, cream robe and long white hair, his gnarled staff upright in one hand, composed firm expression as he explains the journey. Aaron stands slightly behind Moses in indigo, short gray curls and rounded beard, listening. Pharaoh asks them not to go far; show tense negotiation, no departure celebration. Palace reference architecture only. Flies naturally small and unobtrusive enough to read faces. No lettering, bubbles, visible deity or additional royal duplicates. Bronze Age Exodus setting, not first-century staging. One 16:9 single scene. No text or lettering.
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Exodus 8:21-25

Not too far away

Frogs everywhere · Exodus 8

Story guide: Pharaoh offers a limited departure; Moses insists on the commanded journey.

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21Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.”

22But Moses said, “It would not be right to do so, because we would sacrifice to Yahweh our God what is detestable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is detestable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?”

23We will go a three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, just as he tells us.

24Then Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, so that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness. Only, you must not go very far away. Plead for me.”

25And Moses said, “Look, I am going out from you, and I will plead with Yahweh, and the swarm will depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only let Pharaoh not continue to mock by not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.”

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