But Pharaoh responded, “Who is the Lord that I should obey him by letting Israel go?(A) I don’t know[a] the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”(B)

They answered, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, or else he may strike us with plague or sword.”

The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you causing the people to neglect their work? Get to your labor!”

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Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Or recognize

Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord,(A) that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.”(B)

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey(C) into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues(D) or with the sword.”

But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor?(E) Get back to your work!”

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