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And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
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And Aaron spake all the words which the L
ORD
had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the
sight of the people.
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And the people believed: and when they heard that the L
ORD
had visited the
children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and
worshipped.
CHAPTER 5
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the L
ORD
God of Israel, Let
my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
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And Pharaoh said, Who
is
the L
ORD
, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence,
or with the sword.
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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.
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And Pharaoh commanded
the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
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Ye shall no more give the
people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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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.
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Let
there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain
words.
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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.
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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.
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And the officers of the children of
Israel, which Pharaoh’s 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?
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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.
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But he
said, Ye
are
idle,
ye are
idle: therefore ye say, Let us go
and
do sacrifice to the L
ORD
.
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Go therefore
now,
and
work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
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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.
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