18 Then shall they obey my voice, and thou and the Elders of Israel shall go unto the King of Egypt, and say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath [a]met with us: we pray thee now therefore, let us go three days’ journey in the wilderness, that we may [b]sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 3:18 Or, appeared unto us.
  2. Exodus 3:18 Because Egypt was full of idolatry, God would appoint them a place where they should serve him purely.

18 “The elders of Israel will listen(A) to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews,(B) has met(C) with us. Let us take a three-day journey(D) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices(E) to the Lord our God.’

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