Israel’s Labor Increased

5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “^(A)This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘^(B)Let My people go so that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

¹¹ “^(A)Go, ^[a]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt ^[b]to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”

¹⁶ And ^(A)you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “^(B)Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened up to now.”