- Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the desert.' "
- Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go."
- Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword."
- But the king of Egypt said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!"
- Then Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working."
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- And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.'"
- But Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go."
- Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword."
- But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labors!"
- Again Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!"
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