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href="/bsb/exodus/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, as he commands us.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />We must take a three-day trip into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, just as he has commanded us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />We must go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he tells us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He will command us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, just as He commands us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220We must go a three days&#8217 journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahweh our God as He says to us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he instructs us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He instructs us.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No indeed! The LORD has ordered us to walk three days into the desert before offering sacrifices to him, and that's what we have to do." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />We need to travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, as he told us to do."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />We must travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, just as he commanded us." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />We must go on a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, just as he is telling us." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he shall command us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />We go a journey of three days into the wilderness and have sacrificed to our God YHWH as He says to us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><RF q=*><font color=#808080><i>The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for </i></font><i><font color=#0000FF> <a href=#>Exodus 8:23</a></i></font><Rf>A way of three days will we go into the desert and sacrifice to Jehovah our God as he shall say to us.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />We will go three days' journey into the wilderness: and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />We will sojourn three days’ journey into the wilderness. And we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, just as he has instructed us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />We must go a three days’ journey in the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD, our God, as he commands us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he commands us.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />We will go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness and we will sacrifice to LORD JEHOVAH our God, as he said to us.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as He shall command us.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as the Lord said to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/8-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1891" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/8.htm">The Fourth Plague: Flies</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>But 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? <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: nê·lêḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">We must make</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·zā·ḇaḥ·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">and 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/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">He commands us.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- To, into, towards. "></a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>Pharaoh 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Exodus 3:18</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Exodus 5:1</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Exodus 7:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-9.htm">Exodus 10:9</a></span><br />“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Exodus 10:24-26</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.” / But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God. / 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-32</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Exodus 19:1-2</a></span><br />In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. / After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Leviticus 23:34-36</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days. / On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work. / For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">Numbers 29:12</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-13.htm">Deuteronomy 16:13-15</a></span><br />You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress. / And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. / For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-2.htm">1 Kings 8:2</a></span><br />And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-13.htm">2 Chronicles 8:13</a></span><br />He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/81-1.htm">Psalm 81:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. / Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. / Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-23.htm">Isaiah 66:23</a></span><br />From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Jeremiah 7:22-23</a></span><br />For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.</p><p class="hdg">three days' E</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Exodus 3:18</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Exodus 5:1</a></b></br> And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.</p><p class="hdg">as he shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-12.htm">Exodus 3:12</a></b></br> And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this <i>shall be</i> a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-26.htm">Exodus 10:26</a></b></br> Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Exodus 34:11</a></b></br> Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Command</a> <a href="/genesis/26-5.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/exodus/8-25.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/exodus/7-7.htm">Three</a> <a href="/genesis/30-36.htm">Three-Day</a> <a href="/exodus/8-24.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Command</a> <a href="/exodus/16-28.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/exodus/10-22.htm">Three</a> <a href="/genesis/30-36.htm">Three-Day</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/8-1.htm">Frogs are sent</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Pharaoh complains to Moses, who by prayer removes them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/8-16.htm">The dust is turned into lice, which the magicians could not do</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/8-20.htm">The plague of flies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/8-25.htm">Pharaoh inclines to let the people go, but yet is hardened</a></span><br></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'; 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The "three-day journey" is significant, as the number three often represents completeness or divine perfection in the Bible. The wilderness is a place of testing and reliance on God, as seen in Israel's later wanderings and Jesus' temptation (<a href="/matthew/4.htm">Matthew 4:1-11</a>). The journey foreshadows the greater exodus from sin through Christ.<p><b>and sacrifice to the LORD our God</b><br>Sacrifice is central to Israelite worship, signifying atonement and dedication to God. This act of worship in the wilderness underscores the importance of obedience and devotion. Sacrifices point to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>). The phrase emphasizes the necessity of worshiping God according to His instructions, not human convenience.<p><b>as He commands us.</b><br>This highlights the importance of divine instruction and obedience. God's commands are not arbitrary but are given for the benefit and sanctification of His people. The Israelites' adherence to God's commands prefigures the New Covenant, where believers are called to follow Christ's teachings. This obedience is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, emphasizing that true worship is done in spirit and truth (<a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. He is the spokesperson to Pharaoh, conveying God's commands.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who is resistant to letting the Israelites go, despite the plagues that God sends as a demonstration of His power.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are enslaved in Egypt and are seeking freedom to worship God as He commands.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The place where the Israelites are instructed to journey to in order to worship God. It symbolizes a place of separation from the influences of Egypt.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacrifice.htm">Sacrifice</a></b><br>The act of worship that the Israelites are to perform, which involves offering to God as He has commanded.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey into the wilderness to sacrifice is a direct act of obedience to God's command. As believers, we are called to obey God's instructions, even when they require us to step out in faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/separation_from_the_world.htm">Separation from the World</a></b><br>The wilderness represents a place away from the influences of Egypt. Christians are called to be in the world but not of it, maintaining a distinct identity in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/worship_as_a_priority.htm">Worship as a Priority</a></b><br>The primary reason for the journey is to worship God. This highlights the importance of prioritizing worship in our lives, ensuring that it is central to our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_deliverance.htm">God's Sovereignty and Deliverance</a></b><br>The request to Pharaoh and the subsequent plagues demonstrate God's sovereignty over earthly powers and His commitment to deliver His people. Trusting in God's power and plan is essential for believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>The Israelites' willingness to journey into the wilderness is an act of faith. Our faith should be evident in our actions, as we trust God to lead us in His ways.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_snakes.htm">What is the biblical perspective on snakes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_leviticus_8_1-13's_ceremony_credible.htm">In Leviticus 8:1-13, how historically or archaeologically credible is the elaborate priestly ordination ceremony described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_a_temple_contain_god.htm">In 2 Chronicles 2:4, how can a temple truly contain God if other passages assert He cannot be confined?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">As he shall command us.</span>--Comp. <a href="/exodus/10-26.htm" title="Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.">Exodus 10:26</a>--"We know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Three days' journey into the wilderness</span>. This was the demand made from the first (<a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3</a>) by Divine direction (<a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Exodus 3:18</a>). Its object was to secure the absence of Egyptians as witnesses. <span class="cmt_word">As he shall command us</span>. Compare <a href="/exodus/10-26.htm">Exodus 10:26</a>, where Moses observes - "We know not with what we must serve the Lord until we come thither." Divine directions were expected as to the number and the selection of the victims. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/8-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">We must make</span><br /><span class="heb">נֵלֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(nê·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a three-day</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">journey</span><br /><span class="heb">דֶּ֚רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(de·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the wilderness</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sacrifice</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזָבַ֙חְנוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zā·ḇaḥ·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter for sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽיהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He commands us.”</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/8-27.htm">OT Law: Exodus 8:27 We will go three days' journey into (Exo. 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