Exodus:5

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* And after that Moses and Aaron went in , and said unto Pharaoh , Thus hath said the Everlasting One , the God of Israel , Let my people go , that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness . * And Pharaoh said , Who is the Everlasting , whose voice I am to obey , to let Israel go ? I know not the Everlasting , nor will I let Israel go . * And they said , The God of the Hebrews hath met with us : let us go , we pray thee , a three days ’ journey into the desert , and sacrifice unto the Lord our God ; lest he fall upon us with the pestilence , or with the sword . * And the king of Egypt said unto them , Wherefore do ye , Moses and Aaron , hinder the people from their works ? get you unto your own affairs . * And Pharaoh said , Behold , the people of the land now are many , and ye disturb them in the pursuit of their labors . * And Pharaoh commanded on the same day the taskmasters of the people , and its officers , saying , * Ye shall no more give the people straw to make the bricks , as yesterday and the day before ; they themselves shall go and gather themselves straw . * And the number of the bricks , which they did make heretofore , ye shall impose upon them , ye shall not diminish aught thereof ; for they are idle : therefore they cry , saying , Let us go and sacrifice to our God . * Let the work be made to lie heavily upon the men , that they may have enough to do therein ; and that they may not pay attention to false words . * And the taskmasters of the people and its officers went out , and they said to the people , saying , Thus saith Pharaoh , I will not give you any straw . * Go ye , get yourselves straw from wherever ye can find it ; yet not the least shall be taken off from your work . * And the people scattered themselves abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw . * And the taskmasters were urgent , saying , Fulfill your works , every day its due portion , just as when there was straw . * And the officers of the children of Israel , whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them , were beaten , as these said , Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick as heretofore , both yesterday and today ? * And the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh , saying , Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants ? * Straw is not given unto thy servants , and , Make bricks , say they to us : and , behold , thy servants are beaten , and thy people are treated as sinners . * But he said , Idle are ye , idle ; therefore say ye , Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord . * And now go , work , and straw shall not be given you ; yet the required number of bricks shall ye deliver . * And the officers of the children of Israel saw themselves in the evil necessity to say , Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks , every day of its task . * And they met Moses and Aaron , standing in their way , as they came forth from Pharaoh . * And they said unto them , May the Lord look upon you , and judge ; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh , and the eyes of his servants , to put a sword in their hand to slay us . * And Moses returned unto the Lord , and said , Lord , wherefore hast thou let so much evil come upon this people ? why is it that thou hast sent me ? * For , since I came unto Pharaoh to speak in thy name , he hath done more evil to this people ; but thou hast in nowise delivered thy people .

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