So now go, and I will send you ¹  to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

You must say ¹  to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says ²  the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn, ³ 

Pharaoh was thinking, ¹  “The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.”

That same day Pharaoh commanded ¹  the slave masters and foremen ²  who were ³  over the people: ⁴ 

¹ The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating ²  your servants this way?

When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them, ¹ 

“Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release ¹  the Israelites from his land.”

But Moses said before the Lord, “Since I speak with difficulty, ¹  why should Pharaoh listen to me?”

But I will harden ¹  Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply ²  my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,

Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, ¹  and the magicians ²  of Egypt by their secret arts ³  did the same thing.

Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, ¹  and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

¹ The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard; ²  he refuses to release ³  the people.

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this. ¹ 

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” ¹ 

¹ Then Pharaoh quickly ²  summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned ³  against the Lord your God and against you!

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

Pharaoh will think ¹  regarding the Israelites, ‘They are wandering around confused ²  in the land – the desert has closed in on them.’ ³ 

The Egyptians chased them and followed them into the middle of the sea – all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.

The chariots of Pharaoh ¹  and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen ²  officers were drowned ³  in the Red Sea.