5AFTERWARD MOSES and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.H310H4872H175H935H559H6547H559H3068H430H3478H5971H7971H2287H4057 2But Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.H6547H559H3068H8085H6963H3478H7971H3045H3068H3478H7971 3And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.H559H430H5680H7122H3212H7969H3117H1870H4057H2076H3068H430H6293H1698H2719 4The king of Egypt said to Moses and Aaron, Why do you take the people from their jobs? Get to your burdens!H4428H4714H559H4872H175H6544H5971H4639H3212H5450 5Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens!H6547H559H5971H776H7227H7673H5450 6The very same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers,H6547H6680H3117H5065H5971H7860H559 7You shall no more give the people straw to make brick; let them go and gather straw for themselves.H3254H5414H5971H8401H3835H3843H8032H8543H3212H7197H8401 8But the number of the bricks which they made before you shall still require of them; you shall not diminish it in the least. For they are idle; that is why they cry, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.H4971H3843H6213H8032H8543H7760H1639H7503H6817H559H3212H2076H430 9Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no attention to lying words.H5656H3513H582H6213H8159H8267H1697 10The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they said to the people, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.H5065H5971H3318H7860H559H5971H559H559H6547H5414H8401 11Go, get straw where you can find it; but your work shall not be diminished in the least.H3212H3947H8401H834H4672H3588H1697H5656H1639 12So the people were scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather the short stubble instead of straw.H5971H6327H776H4714H7197H7179H8401 13And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Finish your work, your daily quotas, as when there was straw.H5065H213H559H3615H4639H3117H1697H1961H8401 14And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, Why have you not fulfilled all your quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before?H7860H1121H3478H6547H5065H7760H5221H559H3615H2706H3835H8543H3117H8032H8543 15Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, Why do you deal like this with your servants?H7860H1121H3478H935H6817H6547H559H6213H5650 16No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, Make bricks! And behold, your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.H8401H5414H5650H559H6213H3843H5650H5221H2398H5971 17But [Pharaoh] said, You are idle, lazy {and} idle! That is why you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.H559H7503H7503H559H3212H2076H3068 18Get out now and get to work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the full quota of bricks.H3212H5647H8401H5414H5414H8506H3843 19And the Hebrew foremen saw that they were in an evil situation when it was said, You shall not diminish in the least your full daily quota of bricks.H7860H1121H3478H7200H7451H559H1639H3843H3117H3117H1697 20And the foremen met Moses and Aaron, who were standing in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh.H6293H4872H175H5324H7125H3318H6547 21And the foremen said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us a rotten stench to be detested by Pharaoh and his servants and have put a sword in their hand to slay us.H559H3068H7200H8199H7381H887H5869H6547H5869H5650H5414H2719H3027H2026 22Then Moses turned again to the Lord and said, O Lord, why have You dealt evil to this people? Why did You ever send me?H4872H7725H3068H559H136H7489H5971H7971 23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people, neither have You delivered Your people at all.H935H6547H1696H8034H7489H5971H5337H5971H5337
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