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.
8But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.
9Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.
