Exodus 5:3 CPDV

¹  After these things, Moses and Aaron entered, and they said to Pharaoh: 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Release my people, so that they may sacrifice to me in the desert.'

²  But he responded: 'Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice and release Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel.'

³  And they said: 'The God of the Hebrews has called us, so that we may go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God. Otherwise, a pestilence or the sword may befall us.'

⁴  The king of Egypt said to them: 'Why do you, Moses and Aaron, distract the people from their works? Go back to your burdens.'

⁵  And Pharaoh said: 'The people of the land are many. You see that the turmoil has increased: how much more if you give them rest from the works?'