We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
Moses rightly refused Pharaoh's half-measure because God's command admits no alteration or exception. To accept less than what the Lord prescribed would have been to disobey Him, and Moses showed admirable firmness in rejecting the tyrant's false moderation outright.
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Those who would do great things for God must rise early and not fear any man's face. Moses stood before proud Pharaoh to demand his captives' release, and God ordered the flies as His obedient army where Pharaoh's will meant nothing.
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Commenting on Exodus 8:20-32
Pharaoh suspected the three-day journey was a pretext to escape Egypt entirely and never return, fearing they aimed at Canaan. He granted the wilderness sacrifice in desperation but tried to hedge it, only not far away, yet his frantic plea for prayer reveals how the plague had broken him.
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