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And afterward[H310]Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] went in[H935], and told[H559]Pharaoh[H6547], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Let my people[H5971]go[H7971], that they may hold a feast[H2287] unto me in[H935] the wilderness[H4057].
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And Pharaoh[H6547]said[H559], Who is the LORD[H3068], that I should obey[H8085] his voice[H6963] to let Israel[H3478]go?[H7971] I know[H3045] not the LORD[H3068], neither will I let Israel[H3478]go[H7971].
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And they said[H559], The God[H430] of the Hebrews[H5680] hath met[H7122] with us: let us go[H3212], we pray thee, three[H7969]days[H3117]' journey[H1870] into the desert[H4057], and sacrifice[H2076] unto the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]; lest he fall[H6293] upon us with pestilence[H1698], or with the sword[H2719].
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And the king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714]said[H559] unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175], let[H6544] the people[H5971] from their works?[H4639]get[H3212] you unto your burdens[H5450].
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And Pharaoh[H6547]said[H559], Behold, the people[H5971] of the land[H776] now are many[H7227], and ye make them rest[H7673] from their burdens[H5450].
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And Pharaoh[H6547]commanded[H6680] the same day[H3117] the taskmasters[H5065] of the people[H5971], and their officers[H7860], saying[H559],
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Ye shall no more[H3254]give[H5414] the people[H5971]straw[H8401] to make[H3835]brick[H3843], as heretofore[H8032]: let them go[H3212] and gather[H7197]straw[H8401] for themselves.
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And the tale[H4971] of the bricks[H3843], which they did make[H6213]heretofore[H8032], ye shall lay[H7760] upon them; ye shall not diminish[H1639] ought thereof: for they be idle[H7503]; therefore they cry[H6817], saying[H559], Let us go[H3212] and sacrifice[H2076] to our God[H430].
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Let there more work[H5656] be laid[H3513] upon the men[H582], that they may labour[H6213] therein; and let them not regard[H8159]vain[H8267]words[H1697].
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And the taskmasters[H5065] of the people[H5971] went out[H3318], and their officers[H7860], and they spake[H559] to the people[H5971], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559]Pharaoh[H6547], I will not give[H5414] you straw[H8401].
11Go[H3212] ye, get[H3947] you straw[H8401]where[H834] ye can find[H4672] it: yet[H3588] not ought[H1697] of your work[H5656] shall be diminished[H1639].
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So the people[H5971] were scattered abroad[H6327] throughout all the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] to gather[H7197]stubble[H7179] instead of straw[H8401].
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And the taskmasters[H5065]hasted[H213] them, saying[H559], Fulfil[H3615] your works[H4639], your daily[H3117]tasks[H1697], as when there was[H1961]straw[H8401].
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And the officers[H7860] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], which Pharaoh's taskmasters[H5065] had set[H7760] over them, were beaten[H5221], and demanded[H559], Wherefore have ye not fulfilled[H3615] your task[H2706] in making brick[H3835] both yesterday[H8543] and to day[H3117], as heretofore?[H8032]
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Then the officers[H7860] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]came[H935] and cried[H6817] unto Pharaoh[H6547], saying[H559], Wherefore dealest[H6213] thou thus with thy servants?[H5650]
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There is no straw[H8401]given[H5414] unto thy servants[H5650], and they say[H559] to us, Make[H6213]brick[H3843]: and, behold, thy servants[H5650] are beaten[H5221]; but the fault[H2398] is in thine own people[H5971].
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But he said[H559], Ye are idle[H7503], ye are idle[H7503]: therefore ye say[H559], Let us go[H3212] and do sacrifice[H2076] to the LORD[H3068].
18Go[H3212] therefore now, and work[H5647]; for there shall no straw[H8401] be given[H5414] you, yet shall ye deliver[H5414] the tale[H8506] of bricks[H3843].
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And the officers[H7860] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] did see[H7200] that they were in evil[H7451] case, after it was said[H559], Ye shall not minish[H1639] ought from your bricks[H3843] of your daily[H3117]task[H1697].
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And they met[H6293]Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175], who stood[H5324] in the way[H7125], as they came forth[H3318] from Pharaoh[H6547]:
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And they said[H559] unto them, The LORD[H3068]look[H7200] upon you, and judge[H8199]; because ye have made our savour[H7381] to be abhorred[H887] in the eyes[H5869] of Pharaoh[H6547], and in the eyes[H5869] of his servants[H5650], to put[H5414] a sword[H2719] in their hand[H3027] to slay[H2026] us.
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And Moses[H4872]returned[H7725] unto the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], Lord[H136], wherefore hast thou so evil entreated[H7489] this people?[H5971] why is it that thou hast sent[H7971] me?
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For since I came[H935] to Pharaoh[H6547] to speak[H1696] in thy name[H8034], he hath done evil[H7489] to this people[H5971]; neither hast thou delivered[H5337] thy people[H5971] at all[H5337].