Verse 17
Exodus 5:17
World English Bible, British Edition
17
But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you
say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר נִרְפִּ֥ים אַתֶּ֖ם נִרְפִּ֑ים עַל כֵּן֙ אַתֶּ֣ם אֹֽמְרִ֔ים נֵלְכָ֖ה נִזְבְּחָ֥ה לַֽ/יהוָֽה
English Translation
And he said, "You are slack; that is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.'"
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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...
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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...
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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