Exodus 3:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they shall listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us, and now let us go, we beseech you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you, along with the elders, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf it come to passe that they heare thy voyce, then goo, both thou ad the elders of Israel vnto the kinge of Egipte and saye vnto him: The Lord God of the Ebrues hath mett with vs: Let vs goo therfore.iij. dayes iourney in to the wildernesse, that we maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde oure God.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And yf they heare yi voyce, then shalt thou and the elders of Israel go in to the kynge of Egipte, and saye vnto him: The LORDE God of ye Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wyldernes, yt we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE oure God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then shall they obey thy voyce, and thou and the Elders of Israel shall go vnto the King of Egypt, and say vnto him, The Lorde God of the Ebrewes hath met with vs: we pray thee nowe therefore, let vs goe three dayes iourney in the wildernesse, that we may sacrifice vnto the Lord our God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they shall heare thy voyce: Then both thou and the elders of Israel shall go vnto the kyng of Egypt, and say vnto him: The Lord God of the Hebrues hath met with vs, and nowe let vs go we beseche thee three dayes iourney into the wyldernesse, and do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And they have hearkened to thy voice, and thou hast entered, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye have said unto him, Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, hath met with us; and now, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us: and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him,‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 9:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Exod 7:16 : 16 And you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, you have not listened.
  • Num 23:3-4 : 3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me, I will tell you. And he went to a high place. 4 And God met Balaam; and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  • Num 23:15-16 : 15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there. 16 And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and say thus.
  • Josh 1:17 : 17 Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
  • 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
  • Isa 64:5 : 5 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are angry; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
  • Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your engagements, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 Neither did they say, Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no one lived?
  • Jer 26:5 : 5 To listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened;
  • Exod 8:25-28 : 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go, sacrifice to your God in the land. 26 And Moses said, It is not appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: entreat for me.
  • Exod 9:13 : 13 And the LORD said to Moses, Rise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Exod 10:24-26 : 24 And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back; let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for we must take of them to serve the LORD our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there.
  • Exod 13:17-18 : 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest perhaps the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people around, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 19:1 : 1 In the third month, when the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
  • Exod 25:22 : 22 There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
  • Exod 29:42-43 : 42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you. 43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
  • Exod 30:6 : 6 And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
  • Exod 30:36 : 36 And you shall beat some of it very fine, and put it before the testimony in the tabernacle of meeting, where I will meet with you: it shall be most holy to you.
  • Num 17:4 : 4 And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
  • Gen 12:1 : 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you:
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceedingly great reward.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
  • Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.
  • Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt:
  • Exod 4:24 : 24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
  • Exod 4:31-5:3 : 31 And the people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. 1 Afterward, Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, This is what the Lord God of Israel says, Let my people go, so they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go. 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God; lest he strike us with pestilence or with the sword.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 5:3-4
    2 verses
    86%

    3And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God; lest he strike us with pestilence or with the sword.

    4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? Go back to your burdens.

  • Exod 8:25-28
    4 verses
    84%

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

    26And Moses said, It is not appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

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

    28And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: entreat for me.

  • Exod 7:16
    79%

    16And you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, you have not listened.

  • Exod 3:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt:

    17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Exod 10:3
    78%

    3And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exod 5:1
    78%

    1Afterward, Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, This is what the Lord God of Israel says, Let my people go, so they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.

  • Exod 3:7-12
    6 verses
    78%

    7And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;

    8And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

    9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

    10Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

    11And Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

    12And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God upon this mountain.

  • Exod 9:1
    76%

    1Then the LORD said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exod 3:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

    20And I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof, and after that he will let you go.

    21And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it shall come to pass that when you go, you shall not go empty:

  • Exod 10:24
    76%

    24And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back; let your little ones also go with you.

  • Exod 10:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?

    9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go; for we must hold a feast to the LORD.

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

    14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • Exod 9:13
    75%

    13And the LORD said to Moses, Rise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exod 19:3
    75%

    3And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

  • Exod 6:11
    74%

    11Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

  • Exod 8:1
    74%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exod 8:20
    74%

    20And the LORD said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he comes forth to the water; and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exod 6:13
    73%

    13And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 14:3
    73%

    3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are trapped in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.

  • Exod 4:18
    73%

    18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

  • Num 20:15
    73%

    15how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

  • Gen 45:19
    72%

    19Now you are commanded, do this: take carts out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives and bring your father and come.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
    72%

    8When Jacob came into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

  • Exod 13:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest perhaps the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

    18But God led the people around, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 4:23
    72%

    23And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.

  • Exod 12:31
    72%

    31Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, 'Rise up, and get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD as you have said.

  • Exod 10:11
    72%

    11Not so; go now, you who are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what you desired. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

  • Josh 3:3
    72%

    3And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, the Levites, carrying it, then you shall move from your place and follow it.

  • Exod 12:1
    72%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

  • Gen 45:17
    72%

    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.