Exodus 5:3-5

New King James Version

³ So they said, ^(A)“The God of the Hebrews has ^(B)met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with ^(C)pestilence or with the sword.”

⁴ Then the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your ^(D)labor.” ⁵ And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are ^(E)many now, and you make them rest from their labor!”