3. And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4. And the king of Egypt said unto them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? get you unto your burdens.
5. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens.
6. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,