Exodus 5:3

King James Version (KJV)

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Translations

Exodus 5:3 - Amplified Bible

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.

Exodus 5:3 - American Standard Version

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Exodus 5:3 - Bible in Basic English

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

Exodus 5:3 - Darby Bible

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days` journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword.

Exodus 5:3 - English Standard Version

Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword."

Exodus 5:3 - King James Version

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

Exodus 5:3 - La Biblia de las Americas

Entonces ellos dijeron: El Dios de los hebreos nos ha salido al encuentro. Déjanos ir, te rogamos, camino de tres dìas al desierto para ofrecer sacrificios al SEÑOR nuestro Dios, no sea que venga sobre nosotros con pestilencia o con espada.

Exodus 5:3 - The Message

They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can worship our God lest he strike us with either disease or death."

Exodus 5:3 - New American Standard Bible

Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword."

Exodus 5:3 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

"El Dios de los Hebreos nos ha salido al encuentro," contestaron ellos. "Déjenos ir, le rogamos, camino de tres dìas al desierto para ofrecer sacrificios al SEÑOR nuestro Dios, no sea que venga sobre nosotros con pestilencia o con espada."

Exodus 5:3 - World English Bible

They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days` journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."

Exodus 5:3 - Young's Living Translation

And they say, `The God of the Hebrews hath met with us, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.`

Exodus 5:3 - Additional Comments

The plagues were required to allow the Hebrews to not only leave permanently, but to leave wealthy, with treasures donated by the Egyptians.
Exo 12:35 Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing.
Exo 12:36 And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

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