Says Exodus Rabbah 3:8, "So that the Egyptians might be mistaken and pursue them on their departure, thinking: 'He [their God] has redeemed them, only that they might go on a three days' journey to sacrifice to Him, but they of their own accord have tarried all this while.'"
"Hosi, ha ha tsundzuka leswaku muxisi loyi, loko a ha hanya, ú te: 'Endzhaku ka masiku manharhu, ndzi ta pfuka eku feni.' 64Hikwalaho, lerisa leswaku sirha ri rindziwa ku ko ku fika siku ra vunharhu, leswaku vadyondzisiwa va yena va nga tshuki va ta n'wi yiva, kutani va ta byela vanhu va ku: 'Ú pfukile ku feni!'