3. And they said, Elohei HaIvrim hath met with us; let us go, now, derech shloshet yamim into the midbar, and sacrifice unto Hashem Eloheinu; lest He fall upon us with dever (cattle disease), or with the cherev.
4. And Melech Mitzrayim said unto them, Why do ye, Moshe and Aharon, disturb the people from their works? Get you back unto your own sivlot (burdens).
5. And Pharaoh said, Hinei, the Am HaAretz now are many, and ye make them rest from their sivlot.
6. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the nogesim of the people, and their foremen, saying,