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Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/exodus/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> But Aaron and Moses persisted. “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they declared. “So let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. If we don’t, he will kill us with a plague or with the sword.” <a href="/esv/exodus/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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.” <a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.” <a href="/kjv/exodus/5.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/5.htm">New King James Version</a> So they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” <a href="/nasb_/exodus/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will strike us with plague or with the sword.” <a href="/nasb/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then they said, &#8220The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days&#8217 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.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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.” <a href="/lsb/exodus/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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 Yahweh our God, lest He confront us with pestilence or with the sword.” <a href="/amp/exodus/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go on a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, so that He does not discipline us with pestilence or with the sword.” <a href="/csb/exodus/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They answered, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, or else he may strike us with plague or sword.” <a href="/hcsb/exodus/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then they answered, &#8220The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God, or else He may strike us with plague or sword.&#8221 <a href="/asv/exodus/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/exodus/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They answered, "The LORD God of the Hebrews has appeared to us. Please let us walk three days into the desert where we can offer sacrifices to him. If you don't, he may strike us down with terrible troubles or with war." <a href="/erv/exodus/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. <a href="/gwt/exodus/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They replied, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. If we don't go, he may kill us with a plague or a war." <a href="/gnt/exodus/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> Moses and Aaron replied, "The God of the Hebrews has revealed himself to us. Allow us to travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. If we don't do so, he will kill us with disease or by war." <a href="/isv/exodus/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God so he does not strike us with pestilence or sword." <a href="/msb/exodus/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?The God of the Hebrews has met with us,? they answered. ?Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.? <a href="/net/exodus/5.htm">NET Bible</a> And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword." <a href="/nheb/exodus/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword." <a href="/wbt/exodus/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. <a href="/web/exodus/5.htm">World English Bible</a> 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.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they say, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us; please let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to our God YHWH, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.” <a href="/ylt/exodus/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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.' <a href="/slt/exodus/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will say, The God of the Hebrews called to us; we will go now a way of three days into the desert, and we will sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with death or with the sword.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days' journey into the wilderness and to sacrifice to the Lord our God: lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they said: “The God of the Hebrews has called us, so that we may go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God. Otherwise, a pestilence or the sword may befall us.” <a href="/nabre/exodus/5.htm">New American Bible</a> They replied, “The God of the Hebrews has come to meet us. Let us go a three days’ journey in the wilderness, that we may offer sacrifice to the LORD, our God, so that he does not strike us with the plague or the sword.” <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has revealed himself to us; let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or he will fall upon us with pestilence or sword.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they said, The LORD God of the Hebrews has appeared to us; now let us go three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with the sword or with pestilence. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they said, “LORD JEHOVAH, God of the Hebrews, has been revealed unto us; let us go a journey of three days in the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to LORD JEHOVAH our God, lest he will attack us with a sword or with death.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 the LORD our God; lest He fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.' <a href="/sep/exodus/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us. <a href="/parallel/exodus/5-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=963" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">Pharaoh's First Refusal</a> …2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.” 3<a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">“The God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5680.htm" title="5680: hā·‘iḇ·rîm (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Perhaps desc. of Eber, also another name for an Isr. Patronymic from Eber; an Eberite or descendant of Eber.">of the Hebrews</a> <a href="/hebrew/7122.htm" title="7122: niq·rā (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To encounter, befall. A primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner.">has met</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">with us,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">they answered.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">“Please</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: nê·lă·ḵāh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">let us go on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lō·šeṯ (Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">a three-day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: de·reḵ (N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">journey</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">into the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: wə·niz·bə·ḥāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">to sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">our God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="6435: pen- (Conj) -- Lest. From panah; properly, removal; used only adverb as conjunction, lest.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/6293.htm" title="6293: yip̄·gā·‘ê·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 1cp) -- To meet, encounter, reach. A primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or by importunity.">He may strike us</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: bad·de·ḇer (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">with plagues</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḇe·ḥā·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">with the sword.”</a> 4But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Exodus 3:18</a> 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.’ <a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Exodus 7:16</a> Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened. <a href="/exodus/8-1.htm">Exodus 8:1</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. <a href="/exodus/9-1.htm">Exodus 9:1</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. <a href="/exodus/10-3.htm">Exodus 10:3</a> So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. <a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-32</a> Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. / Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.” <a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Exodus 19:10-11</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes / and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. <a href="/leviticus/23-2.htm">Leviticus 23:2-4</a> “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies. / For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD. / These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. <a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16-18</a> The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. / On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. / On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. <a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-3</a> Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. <a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm">1 Samuel 1:3</a> Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1</a> Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. <a href="/isaiah/19-21.htm">Isaiah 19:21</a> The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them. <a href="/jeremiah/50-28.htm">Jeremiah 50:28</a> Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple. <a href="/hosea/12-9.htm">Hosea 12:9</a> But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 on us with pestilence, or with the sword.The God.<a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Exodus 3:18</a> And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.lest he.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Deuteronomy 28:21</a> The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.<a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25</a> And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.<a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">2 Chronicles 30:8</a> Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/4-27.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/genesis/50-18.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Hebrews</a> <a href="/exodus/4-24.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/4-27.htm">Met</a> <a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/exodus/4-18.htm">Please</a> <a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/genesis/48-22.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Three</a> <a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Hebrews</a> <a href="/exodus/8-27.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/5-20.htm">Met</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/exodus/10-17.htm">Please</a> <a href="/exodus/5-8.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/exodus/6-18.htm">Three</a> <a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 5</div>1. <a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message.</a> 6. <a href="/exodus/5-6.htm">He increases the Israelites' task.</a> 16. <a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">He ignores their complaints.</a> 19. <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">They cry out to Moses and Aaron.</a> 22. <a href="/exodus/5-22.htm">Moses complains to God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The God of the Hebrews has met with us, This phrase indicates a divine encounter, emphasizing the authority and authenticity of the message Moses and Aaron bring to Pharaoh. The term "God of the Hebrews" distinguishes Yahweh from the Egyptian pantheon, asserting His unique covenant relationship with the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This encounter is reminiscent of God's earlier appearances to the patriarchs, reinforcing His ongoing involvement with His chosen people.they answered. Moses and Aaron are the speakers here, acting as representatives of the Israelites. Their response to Pharaoh is direct and respectful, yet firm, reflecting their role as intermediaries between God and both the Israelites and the Egyptian ruler. This dialogue sets the stage for the ensuing conflict between God's will and Pharaoh's resistance.Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness The request for a three-day journey is significant, symbolizing a temporary departure for worship. The wilderness represents a place of testing and divine encounter, as seen later in Israel's history. This request also serves as a test of Pharaoh's willingness to acknowledge the Israelites' right to worship their God, foreshadowing the greater exodus to come.to sacrifice to the LORD our God, Sacrifice is central to Israelite worship, signifying atonement, thanksgiving, and covenant renewal. The use of "LORD" (Yahweh) underscores the personal and covenantal nature of God. This act of worship is not merely ritualistic but a profound expression of obedience and devotion, contrasting with the idolatrous practices of Egypt.or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword. This warning highlights the seriousness of the request and the potential consequences of disobedience. The mention of plagues foreshadows the actual plagues that God will unleash upon Egypt, demonstrating His power and judgment. The sword symbolizes divine retribution, a theme echoed throughout Scripture where disobedience leads to judgment. This phrase underscores the urgency and gravity of the Israelites' need to worship God as commanded.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a> The leaders of the Israelites, chosen by God to confront Pharaoh and demand the release of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a> The ruler of Egypt, who is being asked by Moses and Aaron to let the Israelites go into the wilderness to worship God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_god_of_the_hebrews.htm">The God of the Hebrews</a> The one true God, Yahweh, who has revealed Himself to Moses and Aaron and commanded them to lead His people out of Egypt. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The destination for the Israelites' proposed journey, symbolizing a place of meeting with God and spiritual renewal. 5. <a href="/topical/p/plagues_and_the_sword.htm">Plagues and the Sword</a> Potential consequences mentioned by Moses and Aaron, indicating God's power to bring judgment if His commands are not obeyed.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_command.htm">Obedience to God's Command</a> Moses and Aaron demonstrate obedience by delivering God's message to Pharaoh, despite the potential danger. We are called to obey God's commands, trusting in His protection and provision. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship.htm">The Importance of Worship</a> The request to journey into the wilderness to sacrifice underscores the centrality of worship in the life of God's people. We should prioritize worship in our lives, setting aside time to meet with God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a> The mention of plagues and the sword highlights God's control over all creation and His ability to execute judgment. We should live with a reverent fear of God, acknowledging His power and authority. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_adversity.htm">Faith in Adversity</a> Moses and Aaron faced a powerful ruler, yet they acted in faith. We are encouraged to trust God and act in faith, even when circumstances seem daunting.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 5</a> <a href="/q/what_is_patmos_in_the_bible.htm">What occurred at Meribah in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_pentateuch.htm">What is The Pentateuch?</a> <a href="/q/can_the_'cloud'_in_2_chronicles_be_natural.htm">2 Chronicles 5:13-14 - How can the 'cloud' filling the House of God be explained naturally or confirmed historically, rather than attributed to a purely supernatural event?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_swearing.htm">Why does God cause people's hearts to harden?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) The God of the Hebrews.--Moses accepts Pharaoh's view, and does not insist on the authority of Jehovah over Egyptians, but makes an appeal ad misericordiam. He has, at any rate, authority over Hebrews; and, having made a requirement, He will be angered if they neglect it. Will not Pharaoh allow them to escape His anger?With the sword.--Egypt was very open to invasion on its eastern frontier; and the brunt of an invasion in this quarter would fall upon the Hebrews. In the time of the nineteenth dynasty, Hittite incursions were especially feared.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - And they said. Moses and Aaron are not abashed by a single refusal. They expostulate, and urge fresh reasons why Pharaoh should accede to their request. But first they explain that Jehovah is the God of the Hebrews, by which name the Israelites seem to have been generally known to the Egyptians (See <a href="/exodus/1-15.htm">Exodus 1:15, 16, 19</a>; <a href="/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6, 7</a>.) Their God, they say, has met with them - made, that is. a special revelation of himself to them - an idea quite familiar to the king, and which he could not pretend to misunderstand and he has laid on them an express command. They are to go a three days' journey into the desert - to be quite clear of interruption from the Egyptians. Will not Pharaoh allow them to obey the order? If they do not obey it, their God will be angry, and will punish them, either by sending a pestilence among them, or causing an invader to fall upon them with the sword. The eastern frontier of Egypt was at this time very open to invasion, and was actually threatened by a vast army some ten or fifteen years later (Brugsch, 'History of Egypt,' vol. 2, pp. 147-9). <a href="/commentaries/exodus/5-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“The God אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of the Hebrews הָעִבְרִ֖ים (hā·‘iḇ·rîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5680.htm">Strong's 5680: </a> Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite has met נִקְרָ֣א (niq·rā) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7122.htm">Strong's 7122: </a> To encounter, befall with us,” עָלֵ֑ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against they answered. וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Please נָּ֡א (nā) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> I pray', 'now', 'then' let us go on נֵ֣לֲכָה (nê·lă·ḵāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk a three-day שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> Three, third, thrice journey דֶּרֶךְ֩ (de·reḵ) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action into the wilderness בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech to sacrifice וְנִזְבְּחָה֙ (wə·niz·bə·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice to the LORD לַֽיהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel our God, אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative or פֶּ֨ן־ (pen-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm">Strong's 6435: </a> Removal, lest He may strike יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּ (yip̄·gā·‘ê·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6293.htm">Strong's 6293: </a> To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunity us with plagues בַּדֶּ֖בֶר (bad·de·ḇer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence or א֥וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if with the sword.” בֶחָֽרֶב׃ (ḇe·ḥā·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">OT Law: Exodus 5:3 They said The God of the Hebrews (Exo. 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