NET Bible
"We must go on a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, just as he is telling us.”"
— Exodus 8:27, NET Bible
“We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.”
“We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us. ”
“We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."”
“We will go three days' journey into the wilderness; and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.”
“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.”
“We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.”
The LORD did so; a thick swarm of flies came into Pharaoh’s house and into the houses of his servants, and throughout the whole land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said,“Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”
But Moses said,“That would not be the right thing to do, for the sacrifices we make to the LORD our God would be an abomination to the Egyptians. If we make sacrifices that are an abomination to the Egyptians right before their eyes, will they not stone us?
We must go on a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, just as he is telling us.”
Pharaoh said,“I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me.”
Moses said,“I am going to go out from you and pray to the LORD, and the swarms of flies will go away from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only do not let Pharaoh deal falsely again by not releasing the people to sacrifice to the LORD.”
So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,