Exo 5:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh , Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel , Let my people go , that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness .

Exodus 5:1-3

Making Bricks Without Straw

1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold ^aa feast to me in the wilderness.’” 2 But Pharaoh said, ^b“Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, ^cI will not let Israel go.” 3 Then they said, “The ^dGod of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”