"Three day’s journey" - distance and not the time they would be gone. No promise made that they would return. See NET notes. Genesis 31:22-23, Numbers 10:33, Numbers 33:8,
It is interesting that in the retelling of their travels in Num. 33 that they traveled three days after passing thru the Red Sea before making camp at Marah.
Bibliographical Information Gann, Windell. "Commentary on Exodus 5". Gann's Commentary on the Bible. https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gbc/exodus-5.html. 2021.
Verse 3
Exodus 5:3
"Three day’s journey" - distance and not the time they would be gone. No promise made that they would return. See NET notes. Genesis 31:22-23, Numbers 10:33, Numbers 33:8,
It is interesting that in the retelling of their travels in Num. 33 that they traveled three days after passing thru the Red Sea before making camp at Marah.