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NASB	Exodus 3:18 "They will pay heed to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'
AMPLIFIED 2015	Exodus 3:18 "The elders [of the tribes] will listen and pay attention to what you say; and you, with the elders of Israel, shall go to the king of Egypt and you shall say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; so now, please, [we ask and plead with you,] let us go on a three days' journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'

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Bible Question (short): Is Deception Ever Justifiable?

Question (full): Is this an example of a half-truth or a ruse intended to deceive Pharaoh? In other words, is Israel's request for a three-day wilder-ness trip to sacrifice to God only an excuse to leave Egypt in order to make a break for Palestine before Pharaoh's troops could easily follow?

One further question might be posed here: Did not Moses, under the instigation of Yahweh, deliberately mislead Pharaoh when he concealed his real intention? If Moses ultimately intended to ask Pharaoh to release the Israelites, did not this concealment constitute a half-truth?

Did God authorize deception, here or in 1 Samuel 16:1-3?

In Exodus 1:15-21, did the midwives have the right to lie? In 2 Kings 6:19, did Elisha lie to the Syrians?

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Is Deception Ever Justifiable? (?)

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Yes!! But I need to qualify what I mean....

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