Exodus 5
5
CHAPTER 5
1After these things Moses and Aaron entered, and said to Pharaoh, The Lord God of Israel saith these things, Deliver thou my people, that it make sacrifice to me in desert,.
2And Pharaoh answered, Who is the Lord, that I hear his voice, and deliver Israel? I know not the Lord, and I shall not deliver Israel.
3They said, [The] God of Hebrews called us, that we go the way of three days into wilderness, and that we make sacrifice to our Lord God, lest peradventure pestilence, or sword, befall to us.
4The king of Egypt said to them, Moses and Aaron, why stir ye the people from their works? Go ye to your charges.
5And Pharaoh said, The people of the land is much; ye see that the company hath increased; how much more shall it increase, if ye shall give to them rest from works.
6Therefore Pharaoh commanded in that day to the masters of works, and to the rent gatherers of the people, and said,
7Ye shall no more give straw to the people, to make tilestones, as ye have done before; but go they, and gather stubble;
8and ye shall set on them the measure of tilestones, which they made before, neither ye shall abate anything; for they be idle, and therefore they cry, and say, Go we, and make we sacrifice to our God;
9be they oppressed by works, and fulfill they those [or them], that they assent not to false words.
10Therefore the masters of the works and the rent gatherers went out to the people, and said, Thus saith Pharaoh, I give not to you straw;
11go ye, and gather ye, if ye may find anywhere; neither anything shall be decreased of your work.
12And the people was scattered by all the land of Egypt to gather straw.
13And the masters of the works were busy, and said, Fulfill ye your work each day, as ye were wont to do, when the straw was given to you.
14And they, that were masters of the works of the sons of Israel, were beaten of the rent gatherers of Pharaoh, that said, Why fulfilled ye not the measure of tilestones, as ye did before, neither yesterday, neither today?
15And the sovereigns [or masters] of the children of Israel came, and cried to Pharaoh, and said, Why doest thou so against thy servants?
16Straw is not given to us, and tilestones be commanded in like manner. Lo! we thy servants be beaten with scourges, and it is done unjustly against thy people.
17Pharaoh said, Ye give attention to idleness, and therefore ye say, Go we, and make we sacrifice to the Lord;
18therefore go ye, and work; straw shall not be given to you, and ye shall yield the customable number of tile-stones.
19And the sovereigns of the children of Israel saw themselves in evil, for it was said to them, Nothing shall be decreased of tilestones by all days.
20And they coming out from Pharaoh, met Moses and Aaron, that stood even there against,
21and they said to them, The Lord see, and deem, for ye have made our odour, or fame, stink before Pharaoh, and his servants, that is, ye have made us abominable and hateful; and ye have given to him a sword, that he should slay us.
22And Moses turned again to the Lord, and said, Lord, why hast thou tormented this people? why sentest thou me?
23For since I entered to Pharaoh, that I should speak in thy name, thou hast tormented thy people, and hast not delivered them.
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Exodus 5
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1Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’ ” 2But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go.” 3Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, we pray, a three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” 4But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get to your burdens.” 5And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many and you make them rest from their burdens!” 6The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, 7“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8But the number of bricks which they made heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall by no means lessen it; for they are idle; therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’ 9Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”
10So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. 11Go yourselves, get your straw wherever you can find it; but your work will not be lessened in the least.’ ” 12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw. 13The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.” 14And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today, as hitherto?”
15Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you deal thus with your servants? 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.” 17But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks.” 19The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in evil plight, when they said, “You shall by no means lessen your daily number of bricks.” 20They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came forth from Pharaoh; 21and they said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
22Then Moses turned again to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? Why didst thou ever send me? 23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he has done evil to this people, and thou hast not delivered thy people at all.”
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