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I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And they said, The God of the Hebrews 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 sword.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now <i>are</i> many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish <i>ought</i> thereof: for they <i>be</i> idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go <i>and</i> sacrifice to our God.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the taskmasters hasted <i>them</i>, saying, Fulfil your works, <i>your</i> daily tasks, as when there was straw.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, <i>and</i> demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants <i>are</i> beaten; but the fault <i>is</i> in thine own people.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But he said, Ye <i>are</i> idle, <i>ye are</i> idle: therefore ye say, Let us go <i>and</i> do sacrifice to the LORD.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Go therefore now, <i>and</i> work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the officers of the children of Israel did see <i>that</i> they <i>were</i> in evil <i>case</i>, after it was said, Ye shall not minish <i>ought</i> from your bricks of your daily task.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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 Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and they said to them, “The LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou <i>so</i> evil entreated this people? why <i>is</i> it <i>that</i> thou hast sent me?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Moses turned to the LORD and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">King James Bible, text courtesy of <a href="http://bibleprotector.com/">BibleProtector.com</a>.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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