Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

We must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He instructs us.”

New American Standard Bible

We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He commands us.”

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

We must go a three-day journey into the desert, and we'll offer sacrifices to the LORD our God just as he has told us."

A Conservative Version

We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to 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.

Amplified

We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He commands 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.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

A way of three days will we go into the desert and sacrifice to Jehovah our God as he shall say to us.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

We will go a journey of three days into the desert, and we will sacrifice to Yahweh our God according to what he says to us."

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

We will therefore go three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice unto the LORD our God as he hath commanded us."

NET Bible

We must go on a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, just as he is telling us."

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

A journey of three days, must we go, in the desert, - then will we sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as, Yahweh, hath said unto us.

Webster

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 Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
We will go
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

and sacrifice
זבח 
Zabach 
Usage: 134

to the Lord

Usage: 0

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

References

American

Easton

Fly

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Fly

Smith

Context Readings

Plague Four: Flies

26 But Moses said, “It would not be right to do that, because what we will sacrifice to the Lord our God is detestable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what the Egyptians detest in front of them, won’t they stone us? 27 We must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He instructs us.” 28 Pharaoh responded, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness, but don’t go very far. Make an appeal for me.”


Cross References

Exodus 3:18

They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

Exodus 3:12

He answered, “I will certainly be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship God at this mountain.”

Exodus 5:1

Later, Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: Let My people go, so that they may hold a festival for Me in the wilderness.”

Exodus 10:26

Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind because we will take some of them to worship Yahweh our God. We will not know what we will use to worship Yahweh until we get there.”

Exodus 34:11

Observe what I command you today. I am going to drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Leviticus 10:1

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them to do.

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

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