Exodus 8:26

“And Moses said, it is not meet so to do, etc.] It being the command and will of God that they should go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice there; and besides it was dangerous, the Egyptians might be provoked by their sacrifices to fall upon them, and kill them; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God; by which Moses is not to be understood as calling the idols of Egypt an abomination, as being so to God and to all good men, that were not idolaters; for though they were, Moses would scarcely call them so before Pharaoh, when he could have made use of another word as well; but his meaning is, that the Israelites would sacrifice that which…”

“The abomination - i. e. an animal which the Egyptians held it sacrilegious to slay. The ox, bull, or cow, is meant. The cow was never sacrificed in Egypt, being sacred to Isis, and from a very early age the ox was worshipped throughout Egypt, and more especially at Heliopolis and Memphis under various designations, Apis, Mnevis, Amen-Ehe, as the symbol or manifestation of their greatest deities, Osiris, Atum, Ptah, and Isis. return to 'Top of Page'”

“The abomination of the Egyptians - That which they abominate to see killed, because they worshipped them as gods. Exodus 8:27”

“8:26-27 Moses pointed out the impossibility of what Pharaoh was asking on the grounds of the Egyptians’ own prejudice: They considered all Semites to be uncultured and uncouth (see Gen 43:32). • The Hebrews were leaving Egypt in order to worship God (see, e.g., Exod 5:1; 7:16; 8:1, 20). God’s purpose for the Exodus was to lead his people into a proper relationship with him.”

“It is not: Exo 3:18; Co2 6:14-17 we shall: Gen 43:32, Gen 46:34; Deu 7:25, Deu 7:26, Deu 12:30, Deu 12:31; Ezr 9:1; Isa 44:19 the abomination: i.e. The animals which they worshipped; for an account of which, see note on Exo 9:3. Kg1 11:5-7; Kg2 23:13 Exodus 8:27”