English: Pharaoh and His Dead Son, c. 1896-1902, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902), gouache on board, 5 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (13.8 x 22.5 cm), at the Jewish Museum, New York (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Exodus 5. Let my people go

1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with…