Exodus 3:18

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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.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.’

In other translations

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.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.’

Hebrew words

וְשָׁמְעוּveshame'uand they will listenH8085לְקֹלֶךָlekolechato voice yourH6963וּבָאתָuvataand you will goH935אַתָּה'atahyouH859וְזִקְנֵיvezikneiand [the] elders ofH2205יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶל־'el-toH413מֶלֶךְmelekh[the] king ofH4428מִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714וַאֲמַרְתֶּםva'amartemand you will sayH559אֵלָיו'elavto himH413יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430הָעִבְרִיִּיםha'ivriyimthe HebrewsH5680נִקְרָהnikrahhe has metH7136עָלֵינוּ'aleinuwith usH5921וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258נֵלֲכָה־nelakhah-let us goH1980נָּאna'pleaseH4994דֶּרֶךְderekha journey ofH1870שְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshetthreeH7969יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidbarin the wildernessH4057וְנִזְבְּחָהvenizbechahand let us sacrificeH2076לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵינוּ׃'eloheinuGod ourH430

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

People: Jacob

Places: Egypt

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