“Go tell Pharaoh that he must let the Israelites leave his land.”
The Lord said to Moses, “See how important I have made you? In speaking to Pharaoh, you will be like God, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
He said, “I am the Lord. Tell the king of Egypt everything I tell you.”
I went to Pharaoh and said what you told me to say. But since that time he has made the people suffer, and you have done nothing to help them!”
After Moses and Aaron talked to the people, they went to Pharaoh and said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go into the desert so that they can have a festival to honor me.’”
So now I am sending you to Pharaoh. Go! Lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”
Then you should say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.
And I am telling you to let my son go and worship me. If you refuse to let Israel go, then I will kill your firstborn son.’”
Then the Lord said to Moses,