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Passage Lookup: Exodus 5:6-21
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Exodus 5:6
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So then Pharaoh gave command on that day, unto the taskmasters over the people and unto their overseers - saying:
Exodus 5:7
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Ye shall no more give straw unto the people, for making the bricks as heretofore: Let them, go, themselves, so shall they gather for themselves straw:
Exodus 5:8
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Nevertheless, the fixed number of bricks, which they have been making heretofore, shall ye lay upon them, ye shall not diminish therefrom, - for idle, they are, on this account, it is that they are making an outcry, saying, We must go our way, we must sacrifice to our God.
Exodus 5:9
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The service must be made heavy on the men that they may labour on it, - and let them not pay regard to words of falsehood.
Exodus 5:10
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Then went forth the taskmasters of the people and their overseers, and spake unto the people, - saying, - Thus, saith Pharaoh, I am not going to give you straw,
Exodus 5:11
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Ye yourselves go fetch you straw, of any ye can find, - yet hath there not been diminished from your service a single thing.
Exodus 5:12
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So the people dispersed themselves throughout all the land of Egypt, - to gather stubble for straw:
Exodus 5:13
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the taskmasters, meanwhile, being urgent saying, - Complete your works, The task of a day, in its day, as when the straw was provided.
Exodus 5:14
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Then were beaten the overseers of the sons of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them saying: Wherefore have ye not completed your task for making bricks, as heretofore, so also, yesterday and, to-day?
Exodus 5:15
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Then came in the overseers of the sons of Israel, and made outcry unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore shouldst thou do thus to thy servants?
Exodus 5:16
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No straw, is given to thy servants, yet bricks, - they keep saying to us - make ye! And lo, thy servants, are beaten - thou dost, therefore, wrong thy people.
Exodus 5:17
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But he said: Idle, ye are - idle, on this account, are, ye, saying, We must take our journey, we must sacrifice to Yahweh.
Exodus 5:18
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Now, therefore, go labour, but, straw, shall not be given you, - yet the tale of bricks, shall ye render.
Exodus 5:19
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Then did the overseers of the sons of Israel see themselves to be in an evil case, when it was said, - Ye shall not diminish from your bricks - the task of a day, in its day
Exodus 5:20
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So they fell upon Moses and upon Aaron, stationing themselves to meet them, - as they came forth from Pharaoh;
Exodus 5:21
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and they said unto them, Yahweh look upon you and judge, - in that ye have made us odious in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, putting a sword into their hand to slay us.
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