Exodus 5
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1 And afterward Moses
and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2 And 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.
3 And they said, The
God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days
journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall
upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the king of Egypt said unto
them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works?
get you unto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the
people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their
burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day
the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
7 Ye shall no more give the people
straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for
themselves.
8 And the tale of the bricks, which
they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought
thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and
sacrifice to our God.
9 Let there more work be laid upon
the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
10 And the taskmasters
of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people,
saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can
find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered
abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of
straw.
13 And the taskmasters hasted them,
saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was
straw.
14 And the officers of the children
of Israel, which Pharaohs taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and
demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both
yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15 Then the officers of
the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore
dealest thou thus with thy servants?
16 There is no straw given unto thy
servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are
beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye
are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the
LORD.
18 Go therefore now, and
work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale
of bricks.
19 And the officers of the children
of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after
it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your
daily task.
20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who
stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
21 And they said unto them, The LORD
look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred
in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in
their hand to slay us.
22 And Moses returned unto the LORD,
and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people?
why is it that thou hast sent me?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to
speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou
delivered thy people at all.
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