1And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land.
2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.
3And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.
4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.
5And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.
6The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,
7Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.
