Exodus 5:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ And they said, “We worship the God of the Hebrews. Please, let us go three days’ journey in the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He bring the pestilence or sword upon us.”

⁴ Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to cease from their works? Get to work!”

⁵ Pharaoh said furthermore, “Behold, many people are now in the land, and you make them stop working.”