7119. 'Therefore they cry out, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God' means that for that reason they give so much thought to such worship. This is clear from the meaning here of 'crying out' as thought, for 'saying' and 'speaking' mean thought, 2271, 2287, 7094, and so therefore does 'crying out' (though intense thought with full intention to act is meant by 'crying out', which is why the expression 'so much thought' is used); and from the meaning of 'sacrificing to their God' as worship of the Lord, dealt with in 6905, 7101. But since Pharaoh said that he did not know Jehovah, 7095, 7097, and the Egyptians loathed sacrifices, 1343, and since Moses said that they would be going a three days' journey away into the wilderness, 6904, 7100, the expression 'such worship' is therefore used.