Verse 6
Exodus 5:6
Literal Standard Version
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And on that day Pharaoh commands the exactors among the people and its authorities, 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
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And afterward Moses and Aaron have entered, and they say to Pharaoh, “Thus said YHWH, God (Elohim) o...
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and Pharaoh says, “Who is YHWH, that I listen to His voice to send Israel away? I have not known YHW...
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And they say, “The God (Elohim) of the Hebrews has met with us; please let us go a journey of three...
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And the king of Egypt says to them, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you free the people from its works? Go...
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Pharaoh also says, “Behold, the people of the land are numerous now, and you have caused them to cea...
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And on that day Pharaoh commands the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,
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“You do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks as before—they go and have...
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and you put on them the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making before, you do not dimin...
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let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.”
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And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak to the people, saying, “Thus...
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you—go, take straw for yourselves where you can find it, for there is nothing diminished of your ser...
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And the people are scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,
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and the exactors are making haste, saying, “Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as...
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And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are b...
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And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you do thus to...
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Straw is not given to your servants, and they are saying to us, Make bricks, and behold, your servan...
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And he says, “Remiss—you are remiss, therefore you are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to YHWH;
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and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and you give the required measure of bricks.”
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And the authorities of the sons of Israel see them in affliction, saying, “You do not diminish from...
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And they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them in their coming out from Pharaoh,
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and say to them, “YHWH look on you, and judge, because you have caused our fragrance to stink in the...
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And Moses turns back to YHWH and says, “Lord, why have You done evil to this people? Why is this tha...
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And since I have come to Pharaoh to speak in Your Name, he has done evil to this people, and You hav...
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