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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Exodus 5 Douay-Rheims Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/exodus/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">DRB</a> > Exodus 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/4.htm" title="Exodus 4">◄</a> Exodus 5 <a href="../exodus/6.htm" title="Exodus 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Douay-Rheims Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Pharaoh's First Refusal</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After these things, Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharao: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Let my people go, that they may sacrifice to me in the desert. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days' journey into the wilderness, and to sacrifice to the Lord our God; lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Pharao said: The people of the land are numerous; you see that the multitude is increased; how much more if you give them rest from their works?</p> <p class="hdg">Bricks and Straw</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying: <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let them be oppressed with works, and let them fulfil them; that they may not regard lying words.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters, went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao: I allow you no straw; <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go, and gather it where you can find it; neither shall any thing of your work be diminished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the people was scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather straw. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfil your work every day, as before ye were wont to do, when straw was given you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And they that were over the works of the children of Israel, were scourged by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks, both yesterday and to day, as before?</p> <p class="hdg">The Israelites' Cry</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants? <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before; behold we, thy servants, are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Go therefore and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil case, because it was said to them: There shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for every day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood over against them as they came out from Pharao: <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And they said to them: The Lord see and judge, because you have, made our savour to stink before Pharao and his servants, and you have given him a sword, to kill us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Moses returned to the Lord, and said: Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou sent me? <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For since the time that I went in to Pharao to speak in thy name, he hath afflicted thy people: and thou hast not delivered them.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay Rheims Version - Bishop Challoner Revision<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>