Verse 16
Exodus 5:16
Bible in Basic English
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They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תֶּ֗בֶן אֵ֤ין נִתָּן֙ לַ/עֲבָדֶ֔י/ךָ וּ/לְבֵנִ֛ים אֹמְרִ֥ים לָ֖/נוּ עֲשׂ֑וּ וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה עֲבָדֶ֛י/ךָ מֻכִּ֖ים וְ/חָטָ֥את עַמֶּֽ/ךָ
English Translation
There is no straw given to your servants, and the brickmakers say to us, "Make bricks," and behold, your servants are beaten, and your people are guilty.
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Chapter 5 Context
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And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, say...
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And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no know...
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And they said, The God (Elohim) of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey in...
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4
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their wor...
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And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them b...
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The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, sayin...
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Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get...
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But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for w...
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Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.
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10
And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh s...
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Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.
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12
So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.
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13
And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were...
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14
And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were...
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Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are y...
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They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it...
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But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the L...
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Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full numbe...
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Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said,...
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20
And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Phara...
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And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh a...
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And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you...
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For from the time when I came to Pharaoh to put your words before him, he has done evil to this peop...
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