Exodus 8:27

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“We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.””

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BSBPD

“We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 8:27 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 3:12“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  2. Exodus 3:18The 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.’
  3. Exodus 5:1After 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.’”
  4. Exodus 10:26Even 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.”
  5. Exodus 34:11Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  6. Leviticus 10:1Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
  7. Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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