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Exodus 8:27

25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”

26 But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”

28 Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

29 “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”

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BSB
We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
KJV
We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
WEB
We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.”
ASV
We will go three days` journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.
DARBY
We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.
BLB
A journey of three days we will go into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to YHWH our God, as He says to us.”
ÅB
Tre dagsreiser vil vi gå ut i ørkenen og ofre til Herren vår Gud, slik som han befaler oss.
OTB
Vi må ta en tre dagers reise ut i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud, slik han har befalt oss.»
B1930
Tre dagsreiser vil vi gå ut i ørkenen og ofre til Herren vår Gud, således som han byder oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 3:18

    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

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  • Exodus 3:12

    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

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  • Exodus 5:1

    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

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  • Exodus 10:26

    Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”

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  • Exodus 34:11

    Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • Leviticus 10:1

    Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

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  • Matthew 28:20

    and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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