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Exodus 5
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Bricks without Straw

5Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Let my people go, so that they may celebrate a festival to me in the wilderness.'"H310H4872H175H935H559H6547H559H3068H430H3478H5971H7971H2287H4057 2But Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should heed him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go."H6547H559H3068H8085H6963H3478H7971H3045H3068H3478H7971 3Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has revealed himself to us; let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or he will fall upon us with pestilence or sword."H559H430H5680H7122H3212H7969H3117H1870H4057H2076H3068H430H6293H1698H2719 4But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their work? Get to your labors!"H4428H4714H559H4872H175H6544H5971H4639H3212H5450 5Pharaoh continued, "Now they are more numerous than the people of the land and yet you want them to stop working!"H6547H559H5971H776H7227H7673H5450 6That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as well as their supervisors,H6547H6680H3117H5065H5971H7860H559 7"You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.H3254H5414H5971H8401H3835H3843H8032H8543H3212H7197H8401 8But you shall require of them the same quantity of bricks as they have made previously; do not diminish it, for they are lazy; that is why they cry, 'Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.'H4971H3843H6213H8032H8543H7760H1639H7503H6817H559H3212H2076H430 9Let heavier work be laid on them; then they will labor at it and pay no attention to deceptive words."H5656H3513H582H6213H8159H8267H1697 10So the taskmasters and the supervisors of the people went out and said to the people, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I will not give you straw.H5065H5971H3318H7860H559H5971H559H559H6547H5414H8401 11Go and get straw yourselves, wherever you can find it; but your work will not be lessened in the least.'"H3212H3947H8401H834H4672H3588H1697H5656H1639 12So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.H5971H6327H776H4714H7197H7179H8401 13The taskmasters were urgent, saying, "Complete your work, the same daily assignment as when you were given straw."H5065H213H559H3615H4639H3117H1697H1961H8401 14And the supervisors of the Israelites, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, "Why did you not finish the required quantity of bricks yesterday and today, as you did before?"H7860H1121H3478H6547H5065H7760H5221H559H3615H2706H3835H8543H3117H8032H8543 15Then the Israelite supervisors came to Pharaoh and cried, "Why do you treat your servants like this?H7860H1121H3478H935H6817H6547H559H6213H5650 16No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, 'Make bricks!' Look how your servants are beaten! You are unjust to your own people."H8401H5414H5650H559H6213H3843H5650H5221H2398H5971 17He said, "You are lazy, lazy; that is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'H559H7503H7503H559H3212H2076H3068 18Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, but you shall still deliver the same number of bricks."H3212H5647H8401H5414H5414H8506H3843 19The Israelite supervisors saw that they were in trouble when they were told, "You shall not lessen your daily number of bricks."H7860H1121H3478H7200H7451H559H1639H3843H3117H3117H1697 20As they left Pharaoh, they came upon Moses and Aaron who were waiting to meet them.H6293H4872H175H5324H7125H3318H6547 21They said to them, "The LORD look upon you and judge! You have brought us into bad odor with Pharaoh and his officials, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."H559H3068H7200H8199H7381H887H5869H6547H5869H5650H5414H2719H3027H2026 22Then Moses turned again to the LORD and said, "O LORD, why have you mistreated this people? Why did you ever send me?H4872H7725H3068H559H136H7489H5971H7971 23Since I first came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has mistreated this people, and you have done nothing at all to deliver your people."H935H6547H1696H8034H7489H5971H5337H5971H5337


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