Verse 6
Exodus 5:6
King James Version
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And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְצַ֥ו פַּרְעֹ֖ה בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֑וּא אֶת הַ/נֹּגְשִׂ֣ים בָּ/עָ֔ם וְ/אֶת שֹׁטְרָ֖י/ו לֵ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
And Pharaoh commanded on that day the taskmasters over the people and his officers, saying.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel,...
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2
And Pharaoh said, Who
is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LOR...
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3
And they said, The God (Elohim) of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days...
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4
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their wo...
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5
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now
are many, and ye make them rest from their burd...
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6
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 fo...
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And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not dim...
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9
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain...
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10
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying...
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11
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought 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 instead of st...
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13
And the taskmasters hasted
them, saying, Fulfil your works,
your daily tasks, as when there was stra...
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14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beat...
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15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest t...
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There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants...
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17
But he said, Ye
are idle,
ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go
and do sacrifice to the LORD.
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Go therefore now,
and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of...
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19
And the officers of the children of Israel did see
that they
were in evil
case, after it was said, Y...
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20
And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
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21
And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be ab...
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22
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou
so evil entreated this people?...
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For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast tho...
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