Verse 15
Exodus 5:15
Free Bible Version
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You don't give us any straw but your slave drivers demand that we make bricks, and they beat us! Your people are treating us badly!”
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
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After this Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of...
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“Who is this ‘Lord’ that I should listen to his request to let Israel go?” Pharaoh replied. “I don't...
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“The God (Elohim) of the Hebrews came to us,” they added. “Please allow us to go a three-day journey...
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“Moses and Aaron, why are you trying to take people away from their assigned labor?” Pharaoh asked....
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“Look here,” he went on. “There are many of your people here in our country and you are preventing t...
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That very day he ordered the slave drivers and those in charge of the people:
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“Don't give them any more straw to make bricks like before. Have them go and collect the straw thems...
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But still make them produce the same quantity of bricks as before. They're lazy people—that's why th...
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Make their work harder so they can get on with it and not pay any attention to all these lies!”
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So the slave drivers and those in charge went out and told the people, “This is what Pharaoh has ord...
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Go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because your work quota won't be reduced.’...
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The slave drivers kept on forcing them, saying, “You still have to do the same work as you did when...
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13
They beat the Israelite supervisors they had put in charge, shouting at them, “Why haven't you met y...
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14
The Israelite supervisors went to Pharaoh to complain, saying, “Why are you treating us your servant...
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You don't give us any straw but your slave drivers demand that we make bricks, and they beat us! You...
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“No, you're just lazy, lazy people!” Pharaoh replied. “That's why you keep on asking, ‘Please let us...
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Now get out of here and go back to work! You won't be given any straw but you'll still have to produ...
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18
The Israelite supervisors realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce th...
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19
They went over to Moses and Aaron who were waiting for them after their meeting with Pharaoh,
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and said, “May the Lord see what you have done and judge you accordingly! You have made us like a ba...
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Moses went back to the Lord and complained, “Why have you caused all this trouble for your own peopl...
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Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak for you, he has been even harder on your people, and you haven...
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