1. Exodus 5:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the focus of Moses’ and Aaron’s first meeting with Pharaoh?

Exodus 5:1 (ESV)

1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”

On behalf of God, Moses and Aaron command the king to let God’s people go to hold a feast to the Lord in the wilderness.