Exodus 8:27 - Exposition

Three days' journey into the wilderness . This was the demand made from the first ( Exodus 5:3 ) by Divine direction ( Exodus 3:18 ). Its object was to secure the absence of Egyptians as witnesses. As he shall command us . Compare Exodus 10:26 , where Moses observes—"We know not with what we must serve the Lord until we come thither." Divine directions were expected as to the number and the selection of the victims.