Verse 15
Exodus 5:15
World English Bible, British Edition
15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to
Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֗אוּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַ/יִּצְעֲק֥וּ אֶל פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵ/אמֹ֑ר לָ֧/מָּה תַעֲשֶׂ֦ה כֹ֖ה לַ/עֲבָדֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?"
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD,
the God (Elohim) of Isr...
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2
Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should listen to his voice
to let Israel go? I don’t know the...
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3
They said, “The God (Elohim) of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let
us go three days’ journey in...
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4
The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take
the people from their work? Get b...
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5
Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make
them rest from their burden...
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6
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their
officers, saying,
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7
“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let
them go and gather straw fo...
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8
You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before.
You shall not diminish...
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9
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labour in it. Don’t
let them pay any attention to...
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10
The taskmasters of the people went out with their officers, and
they spoke to the people, saying, “T...
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11
Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your
work shall be diminished.’”
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12
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt
to gather stubble for straw.
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13
The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfil your work quota daily, as
when there was straw!”
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14
The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had
set over them, were beaten, a...
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15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to
Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this...
16
No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’
and behold, your servants are be...
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17
But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you
say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to the LOR...
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18
Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet
you shall deliver the same numbe...
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19
The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in
trouble when it was said, “You shall no...
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20
They met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came
out from Pharaoh.
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21
They said to them, “May the LORD look at you and judge, because you
have made us a stench to be abho...
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22
Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Lord, why have you brought
trouble on this people? Why is it...
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23
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble
on this people. You have n...
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