Exo 3:18 | TNotes | STEP | 3:18 Hebrews: See study note on 1:15. • a three-day journey ... to offer sacrifices: If we think of the primary purpose of the Exodus as rescuing the Israelites from bondage, this seems like a disingenuous request. But God’s primary purpose was to create a people for himself, and he was taking them into the wilderness to teach them to worship him.

‏ Exodus 3:18

3:18 ^a Hebrews: See study note on 1:15.

• a three-day journey ... to offer sacrifices: If we think of the primary purpose of the Exodus as rescuing the Israelites from bondage, this seems like a disingenuous request. But God’s primary purpose was to create a people for himself, and he was taking them into the wilderness to teach them to worship him.