Verse 18

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.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De skal lytte til deg, og du skal gå, du og Israels eldste, til kongen av Egypt, og si til ham: Herren, den hebraiske Gud, har møtt oss. Nå ber vi deg: La oss dra tre dager inn i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud, som gir oss liv.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Og de skal lytte til din røst. Du skal gå, du og Israels eldste, til Egyptens konge og si til ham: 'HERREN, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss, og nå la oss gå en tre dagers reise ut i ørkenen så vi kan ofre til HERREN vår Gud.'

  • Norsk King James

    Og de skal høre din røst; og dere og de eldste i Israel skal komme til Egypters konge, og dere skal si til ham: Herren, hebréenes Gud, har møtt oss; og nå ber vi deg: La oss gå tre dager ut i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De vil høre på deg, og du og Israels eldste skal gå til kongen av Egypt og si til ham: 'Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. Nå ber vi deg å gi oss tillatelse til å gå tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud.'

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De skal lytte til deg, og du og Israels eldste skal gå til kongen av Egypt og si til ham: 'Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. La oss få gå tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen så vi kan ofre til Herren vår Gud.'

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De skal lytte til din stemme. Du og Israels eldste skal gå til Egypts konge, og dere skal si til ham: 'Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. La oss få gå tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud.'

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    De skal lytte til din stemme. Du og Israels eldste skal gå til Egypts konge, og dere skal si til ham: 'Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. La oss få gå tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud.'

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De skal høre på deg. Du og Israels eldste skal gå til Egyptens konge og si til ham: 'Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. Nå vil vi gå tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud.'

  • 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.'

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De vil lytte til deg. Så skal du og Israels eldste gå til kongen av Egypten og si til ham: 'Herren, hebrerernes Gud, har møtt oss. Nå vil vi be om at vi får ta en tre dags reise ut i ørkenen og ofre til Herren, vår Gud.'

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og de skulle høre din Røst, og du skal gaae ind, du og de Ældste af Israel, til Kongen af Ægypten, og I skulle sige til ham: Herren, Ebræernes Gud, haver mødt os; og nu, Kjære, lad os gaae tre Dages Reise hen i Ørken og offre til Herren vor Gud.

  • 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.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De vil lytte til din stemme, og du og Israels eldste skal gå til Egypts konge og si til ham: 'Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. La oss nå dra tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud.'

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De vil høre på stemmen din, og du skal gå, du og Israels eldste, til Egypterkongen og si til ham, 'Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. La oss nå få dra tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen, så vi kan ofre til Herren, vår Gud.'

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De vil høre på deg. Så skal du og Israels eldste gå til kongen i Egypt og si til ham: Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. La oss derfor få gå en tre dagers reise ut i ørkenen for å ofre til Herren vår Gud.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De skal lytte til din stemme, og du og Israels eldste skal gå til kongen i Egypt og si til ham: Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. La oss nå dra tre dagsreiser ut i ørkenen så vi kan ofre til Herren vår Gud.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    De vil lytte til din stemme. Du skal, sammen med Israels eldste, gå til kongen i Egypt og si: ‘Herren, hebreernes Gud, har møtt oss. La oss derfor fare tre dagsreiser inn i ørkenen, så vi kan gi offer til Herren vår Gud.’

  • 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.

  • 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.