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Exodus 3:18Exod.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.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ils écouteront ta voix; et tu iras, toi et les anciens d'Israël, auprès du roi d'Egypte, et vous lui direz: L'Eternel, le Dieu des Hébreux, nous est apparu. Permets-nous de faire trois journées de marche dans le désert, pour offrir des sacrifices à l'Eternel, notre Dieu.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Origen

    Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)

    eorum vocavit nos de Aegypto, ut eamus viam trium dierum in solitudinem, et sacrificemus Deo nostro (Exod. III, 18) .» Via trium dierum intelligitur Christus, qui per trium dierum sacramenta, id est passionis, sepulturae et resurrectionis, populi sui procuravit salutem. Via quo…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 198 (Migne)

    n ore purus, in opere fecundus. Ecce trium dierum iter quo de Aegypto in desertum exeunt Israelitae (Exod. III, 18) : videlicet munditia mentis, puritas oris, perfectio operis. O quale, quantumque lignum! Beatus erat Samuel, qui fructum quidem dedit; quia crevit et Dominus erat c…

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