5Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.'"H310H4872H175H935H559H6547H559H3068H430H3478H5971H7971H2287H4057 2And Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, nor will I let Israel go."H6547H559H3068H8085H6963H3478H7971H3045H3068H3478H7971 3So they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go 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 4Then the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your labor."H4428H4714H559H4872H175H6544H5971H4639H3212H5450 5And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are many now, and you make them rest from their labor!"H6547H559H5971H776H7227H7673H5450 6So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,H6547H6680H3117H5065H5971H7860H559 7"You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.H3254H5414H5971H8401H3835H3843H8032H8543H3212H7197H8401 8"And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'H4971H3843H6213H8032H8543H7760H1639H7503H6817H559H3212H2076H430 9"Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words."H5656H3513H582H6213H8159H8267H1697 10And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh: 'I will not give you straw.H5065H5971H3318H7860H559H5971H559H559H6547H5414H8401 11'Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it; yet none of your work will be reduced.'"H3212H3947H8401H834H4672H3588H1697H5656H1639 12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.H5971H6327H776H4714H7197H7179H8401 13And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, "Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw."H5065H213H559H3615H4639H3117H1697H1961H8401 14Also the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as before?"H7860H1121H3478H6547H5065H7760H5221H559H3615H2706H3835H8543H3117H8032H8543 15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why are you dealing thus with your servants?H7860H1121H3478H935H6817H6547H559H6213H5650 16"There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, 'Make brick!' And indeed your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people."H8401H5414H5650H559H6213H3843H5650H5221H2398H5971 17But he said, "You are idle! Idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'H559H7503H7503H559H3212H2076H3068 18"Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks."H3212H5647H8401H5414H5414H8506H3843 19And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble after it was said, "You shall not reduce any bricks from your daily quota."H7860H1121H3478H7200H7451H559H1639H3843H3117H3117H1697 20Then, as they came out from Pharaoh, they met Moses and Aaron who stood there to meet them.H6293H4872H175H5324H7125H3318H6547 21And they said to them, "Let the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."H559H3068H7200H8199H7381H887H5869H6547H5869H5650H5414H2719H3027H2026 22So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me?H4872H7725H3068H559H136H7489H5971H7971 23"For 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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