³ Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey^(A) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues^(B) or with the sword.”

¹⁷ Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy!^(A) That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

¹² Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law,^(A) brought a burnt offering^(B) and other sacrifices^(C) to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal^(D) with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence^(E) of God.

⁵ Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings^(A) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings^(B) to the Lord.