Exodus
Exodus 5
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Exodus 5 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And afterward and went in, and told , Thus saith the LORD God of , Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let go. And they said, The God of the hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the . And the king of said unto them, Wherefore do ye, and , let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. And said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. And commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith , I will not give you straw. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of to gather stubble instead of straw. And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. And the officers of the children of , which ’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? Then the officers of the children of came and cried unto , saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. And the officers of the children of did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. And they met and , who stood in the way, as they came forth from : And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of , and in the eyes of his servants, to a in their hand to slay us. And returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? For since I came to to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.