Exodus 5:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ And they said, “The Elohim of the Heḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ Then they said, “The Hebrews’ God has appeared to us. Let us go on a three-day journey into the desert so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. Otherwise, the LORD will give us a deadly disease or violence.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And they said: "The God of the Hebrews has called us, so that we may go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God. Otherwise, a pestilence or the sword may befall us."

Exodus 5:3 Cross References

2 Kings 17:25

And it came to be, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear יהוה, and יהוה  sent lions among them, which kept on slaying among them.

2 Chronicles 30:8

“Now do not stiffen your neck, like your fathers, stretch forth the hand to יהוה, and come to His set-apart place, which He has set apart forever, and serve יהוה  your Elohim, so that His burning wrath turns away from you.

Ezra 7:23

Whatever is commanded by the Elah of heaven, let it be diligently done for the House of the Elah of heaven. For why should there be wrath against the reign of the sovereign and his sons?

Exodus 3:18

“And they shall listen to your voice. And you shall come, you and the elders of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 7:16

“And you shall say to him, ‘יהוה  the Elohim of the Heḇ

Exodus 8:1

And יהוה  spoke to Mosheh, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Let My people go, so that they serve Me.

Exodus 8:20

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Let My people go, so that they serve Me.

Exodus 8:27

“Let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, then we shall slaughter to יהוה  our Elohim, as He commands us.”

Ezekiel 6:11

‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Strike with your hand and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 26:25

‘And I shall bring against you a sword executing the vengeance of My covenant, and you shall gather together in your cities, and I shall send pestilence among you, and you shall be given into the hand of the enemy.

Deuteronomy 28:21

“יהוה  makes the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess.