18 And ^wthey will listen to your voice, and ^xyou and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, please let us go a ^ythree days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness ^jthat we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”