Exodus 8:27 “We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to…”

Exodus 8:27

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

World English Bible

We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.”

American Standard Version

We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let vs go three dayes iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, as he hath commanded vs.

Darby Translation

We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.

Young's Literal Translation

A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.'

Bible in Basic English

But we will go three days' journey into the waste land and make an offering to the Lord our God as he may give us orders.

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Cross references

“three days'”

Exodus 3:18 Exodus 5:1

Exodus 3:18 · BSB

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 wilde…

Exodus 5:1 · BSB

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.’”

“as he shall”

Exodus 3:12 Exodus 10:26 Exodus 34:11 Leviticus 10:1 Matthew 28:20

Exodus 3:12 · BSB

“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.”

Exodus 10:26 · BSB

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.”

Exodus 34:11 · BSB

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

Leviticus 10:1 · BSB

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.

Matthew 28:20 · BSB

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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26But 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?

28Pharaoh 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.”

Read Exodus 8