27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us.|


In Context

24 Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

25 Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, |Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!|

26 Moses said, |It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?

27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us.|

28 Pharaoh said, |I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me.|

29 Moses said, |Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.|

Exodus 8:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:27We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:27We must take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, as he commands us."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness: and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:27We will go three days journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he shall command us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:27A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:27We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.