Exodus 5 Scofield
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5:3 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.
“three days”
Cf. 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.
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5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
“Let my people”
Cf. Ex 4:22; Ex 4:23. Possibly Moses and Aaron shrank from delivering the message concerning the firstborn.