Moses and Aaron confront Pharaoh
Moses and Aaron told Pharaoh, “Let my people go”; Pharaoh refused and made the Israelites' labor even harder.
Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”
Exodus 5:1 (World English Bible)
Pharaoh answered, “Who is Yahweh?” and ordered that the slaves gather their own straw while making the same number of bricks. Israel's foremen blamed Moses, and Moses took his complaint to God, who renewed his promise: “I am Yahweh... I will redeem you with an outstretched arm” (6:6).
When Aaron's staff became a serpent, Pharaoh's magicians copied the sign, but Aaron's staff swallowed theirs.
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Dating notes
Same year as the burning bush and the Exodus (Ussher, 1491 BC).