Exodus 5:3 KJV
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Thou and Ye
- thee one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Scofield Notes
- three daysCf. Matt 12:38–40. By death and resurrection will God have his people separated from Egypt -- the world.; Rom 6:1–11; Gal 6:14–15; Heb 13:12; Heb 13:13.
Matthew Henry
- Pharaoh's displeasure, He increases the tasks of the IsraelitesGod will own his people, though poor and despised, and will find a time to plead their cause. Pharaoh treated all he had heard with contempt. He had no...
Thompson Chains
- HebrewsSee the chain from Genesis 14:13 · 5 links
- Deserts (1)Starts here · next Mark 6:32 · 5 links
- Sacrifices (1)See the chain from Genesis 46:1 · 12 links
Cross References
- Exodus 3:18 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.
- Deuteronomy 28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
- 2 Kings 17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
- Ezra 7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
- Ezekiel 6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
- Zechariah 14:16–19 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. …
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Topics
- Egyptians Refuse to release the Israelites
- Israel Were enslaved and oppressed by the Egyptians
- Moses Rejected by Pharaoh; hardships of the Israelites increased
- Oppression Of Israelites, by Egyptians
- Rulers Pharaoh, oppressing the Israelites
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1706–1491 BC · Israel in Egypt
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
- Hebrews(Acts 6:1) were the Hebrew-speaking Jews, as distinguished from those who spoke Greek. (See Greeks.)
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And they said וַיֹּאמְרוּ wayyōʾmĕrû אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- The God אֱלֹהֵי ʾĕlōhê אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct
- of the Hebrews הָעִבְרִים hāʿibrîm עִבְרִי Noun · masculine plural · with the
- hath met נִקְרָא niqrāʾ קָרָא Verb · niphal perfect, third person masculine singular
- with us: let us go עָלֵינוּ ʿālênû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural נֵלֲכָה nēlăkâ יָלַךְ Verb · qal cohortative, first person common plural
- we pray thee, three שְׁלֹשֶׁת šĕlōšet שָׁלוֹשׁ Number · masculine singular construct
- days' יָמִים yāmîm יוֹם Noun · masculine plural
- journey נָּא nāʾ Interjection דֶּרֶךְ derek דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
- into the desert בַּמִּדְבָּר bammidbār מִדְבָּר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- and sacrifice וְנִזְבְּחָה wĕnizbĕḥâ זָבַח Verb · qal cohortative, first person common plural · with and
- unto the LORD לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
- our God אֱלֹהֵינוּ ʾĕlōhênû אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common plural
- lest he fall פֶּן pen Conjunction יִפְגָּעֵנוּ yipgāʿēnû פָּגַע Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common plural
- upon us with pestilence בַּדֶּבֶר baddeber דֶּבֶר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- or with the sword אוֹ ʾô Conjunction בֶחָרֶב beḥāreb חֶרֶב Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
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