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Exodus 5:17
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Et facti sunt omnes dies Malaleel octingenti nonaginta quinque anni, et mortuus est.
Qui ait: Vacatis otio, et idcirco dicitis: Eamus, et sacrificemus Domino.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 26:8, John 6:27, 2 Thessalonians 3:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:11
Reciprocal: John 12:5 - was Romans 12:11 - slothful
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But he said, ye are idle, ye are idle,.... Instead of expressing indignation at the taskmasters, and relieving the officers and the people, he insults them in a flouting sarcastic way, charging them with sloth and idleness; and which, for the certainty of it, or, however, to show how strongly persuaded and fully assured he was of the truth of it, repeats it, and gives the following as a proof of it,
therefore ye say, let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord; suggesting that it was not so much the service and honour of God they regarded, as that they might have a leisure day from work and labour.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye are idle - The old Egyptian language abounds in epithets which show contempt for idleness. The charge was equally offensive and ingenious; one which would be readily believed by Egyptians who knew how much public and private labors were impeded by festivals and other religious ceremonies. Among the great sins which, according to Egyptian belief, involved condemnation in the final judgment, idleness is twice mentioned.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 5:17. Ye are idle - therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice — It is common for those who feel unconcerned about their own souls to attribute the religious earnestness of others, who feel the importance of eternal things, to idleness or a disregard of their secular concerns. Strange that they cannot see there is a medium! He who has commanded them to be diligent in business, has also commanded them to be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. He whose diligence in business is not connected with a true religious fervour of spirit, is a lover of the world; and whatever form he may have he has not the power of godliness, and therefore is completely out of the road to salvation.
