Exodus 5:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 5:3

First Encounter with Pharaoh

1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Let My people go, that they may¹ hold ^aa feast to Me in the wilderness.’ ”

2 And Pharaoh said, ^a“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, ^bnor will I let Israel go.”

3 So they said, ^a“The God of the Hebrews has ^bmet with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with ^cpestilence or with the sword.”

4 Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your ^alabor.”

5 And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are ^amany now, and you make them rest from their labor!”

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Definitions of words in Exodus 5:3:

A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Desert {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Desert {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Fall {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Go {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Journey {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Journey {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Let {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Or {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sword {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sword {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Three {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Hebrews {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hebrews {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Sacrifice {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Exodus 5:3:

Exodus, Book of {Easton's}
Desert {I.S.B.E.}
Pestilence {I.S.B.E.}
Sacrifice, In The Old Testament, 1 {I.S.B.E.}
Sinai {I.S.B.E.}

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