5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.

 5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

 5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

 5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

 5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

 5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.