Exodus 5:3

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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.“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.”

In other translations

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.“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.”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430הָעִבְרִיםha'ivrimthe HebrewsH5680נִקְרָאnikra'he has metH7122עָלֵינוּ'aleinuwith usH5921נֵלֲכָהnelakhahlet us goH1980נָּאna'pleaseH4994דֶּרֶךְderekha journey ofH1870שְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshetthreeH7969יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidbarin the wildernessH4057וְנִזְבְּחָהvenizbechahand let us sacrificeH2076לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵינוּ'eloheinuGod ourH430פֶּן־pen-lestH6435יִפְגָּעֵנוּyifga'enuhe should fall on usH6293בַּדֶּבֶרbadeverwith <the> pestilenceH1698אוֹ'oorH176בֶחָרֶב׃vecharevwith the swordH2719

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

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

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