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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.
02 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.
03 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.
04 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.
05 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of
the land now are many, and ye make them rest from
their burdens.
06 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the
taskmasters of the people, and their officers,
saying,
07 Ye shall no more give the people straw
to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and
gather straw for themselves.
08 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.
09 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.
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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 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?
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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