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Exodus 8:27

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8:27We must go66 on a three-day journey67 into the desert and sacrifice68 to the Lord our God, just as he is telling us.”69

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  1. 66 The verb נֵלֵךְ (nelekh) is a Qal imperfect of the verb הָלַךְ (halakh). Here it should be given the modal nuance of obligation: “we must go.”
  2. 67 This clause is placed first in the sentence to stress the distance required. דֶּרֶךְ (derekh) is an adverbial accusative specifying how far they must go. It is in construct, so “three days” modifies it. It is a “journey of three days,” or, “a three day journey.”
  3. 68 The form is the perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive; it follows in the sequence: we must go … and then [must] sacrifice.”
  4. 69 The form is the imperfect tense. It could be future: “as he will tell us,” but it also could be the progressive imperfect if this is now what God is telling them to do: “as he is telling us.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

We must go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as he tells us.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, as he commands us.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

We must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as he instructs us.”

NLTNew Living Translation

We must take a three-day trip into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, just as he has commanded us.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

We will go a journey of three days into the desert, and we will sacrifice to Yahweh our God according to what he says to us.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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