Popular Bible Verses from Sh'mot (Exo) 5

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(vii) After that, Moshe and Aharon came and said to Pharaoh, “Here is what ADONAI, the God of Isra’el, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they can celebrate a festival in the desert to honor me.’”

For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has dealt terribly with this people! And you haven’t rescued your people at all!”

Moshe returned to ADONAI and said, “ADONAI, why have you treated this people so terribly? What has been the value of sending me?

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is ADONAI, that I should obey when he says to let Isra’el go? I don’t know ADONAI, and I also won’t let Isra’el go.”

But you will require them to produce the same quantity of bricks as before, don’t reduce it, because they’re lazing around. This is why they’re crying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Give these people harder work to do. That will keep them too busy to pay attention to speeches full of lies.”