Exodus 5:1-3

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Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh

5 After Moses and Aaron talked to the people, they went to Pharaoh and said, “The Lord,^[a] the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go into the desert so that they can have a festival to honor me.’”

² But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him? Why should I let Israel go? I don’t even know who this Lord is, so I refuse to let Israel go.”

³ Then Aaron and Moses said, “The God of the Hebrews^[b] has talked with us. So we beg you to let us travel three days into the desert. There we will offer a sacrifice to the Lord our God. If we don’t do this, he might become angry and destroy us. He might make us die from sickness or war.”