A  Moses and Aaron went to Pharoah (5:1-2)

B  “God will punish us with pestilence or the sword” (5:3)

C  “Go back to your labor!” (5:4-5)

D  “No straw supply for the people” (5:6-9)

E  Persecution (5:10-14)

D’  “No straw supply for the people” (5:15-16)

C’  “Go now and work!” (5:17-18)

B’  “You have put a sword in their hands to slay us!” (5:19-21)

A’  Moses and Aaron complain that they went to Pharoah (5:22-23)