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Berean Standard Bible

““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.””

Exodus 5:3

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Moses and Aaron have delivered God's command to Pharaoh, and he has scoffed. They respond with a more modest request.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“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.”

World English Bible (WEB)

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.”

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y ellos dijeron: El Dios de los Hebreos nos ha encontrado: iremos, pues, ahora camino de tres días por el desierto, y sacrificaremos á Jehová nuestro Dios; porque no venga sobre nosotros con pestilencia ó con espada.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pero Aarón y Moisés insistieron: ―El Dios de los hebreos ha salido a nuestro encuentro, y nos ordenó ir a un lugar en el desierto, que queda a tres días de camino, para ofrecerle sacrificios. Si no obedecemos al Señor nuestro Dios, nos podrá castigar por medio de las pestes o la espada.

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