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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 ISV</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="../topmenuchap/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">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/exodus/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Pharaoh Refuses to Let the People Go</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After Moses and Aaron arrived, they told Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD God of Israel says: ‘Let my people go so they may make a pilgrimage for me in the desert.’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should listen to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 Or obey">a</a></span> him and let Israel go? I don’t know about<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 The Heb. lacks about">b</a></span> the LORD, nor will I let Israel go!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God so he does not strike us with pestilence or sword.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:3 i.e. invasions by foreign armies">c</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The king of Egypt replied to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you keeping the people from their labor? Go back to your work!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:4 Lit. burdens">d</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people in the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:5 Lit. from their burdens">e</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Pharaoh Increases the Israelis’ Work</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>That day Pharaoh ordered the taskmasters of the people and their officials, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“You’re no longer to give the people straw for making bricks, as in the past.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:7 Lit. like yesterday and the day before">f</a></span> They must gather straw for themselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But you’re to impose the previous quota<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 Lit. as yesterday and the day before">g</a></span> of bricks that they’re making. You’re not to reduce it! It is because they’re lazy that they’re crying out, ‘Let’s go offer sacrifices to our God.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So increase the work load on the people,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Or men">h</a></span> and let them do it so they don’t pay attention to deceptive speeches.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the taskmasters of the people and their officials went out and told the people, “This is Pharaoh’s response: ‘I’ll no longer give you any<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 The Heb. lacks any">i</a></span> straw. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work quotas won’t be reduced at all.’”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:11 Lit. from your labor">j</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So the people scattered throughout the entire land of Egypt to collect stubble<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:12 i.e. the stalks left in the field after grain is harvested">k</a></span> for straw.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The taskmasters pressured them by saying, “Finish your work—each day’s quota<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:13 Lit. matter">l</a></span> —just as when you were given straw.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:13 Lit. when there was straw.">m</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The Israeli supervisors whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had appointed over them were beaten and told,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Lit. saying.">n</a></span> “Why didn’t you, both yesterday and today, fulfill<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Lit. complete">o</a></span> your quota<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Lit. prescribed amount">p</a></span> for making bricks as before?”</p> <p class="heading">The Israelis’ Appeal Rejected by Pharaoh</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The Israeli supervisors came and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you doing this to us?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:15 Lit. your servants; and so throughout the book">q</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>No straw is being given to us, yet they’re saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, we are being beaten. It’s wrong how you are treating your people!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:17 Lit. he">r</a></span> said, “You are lazy, lazy! That’s why<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:17 Lit. therefore">s</a></span> you’re saying, ‘Let’s go offer sacrifices to the LORD.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now, go! Get to work! And straw won’t be given to you, but you are to deliver the same<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:18 The Heb. lacks same">t</a></span> number of bricks!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Israeli supervisors realized they were in trouble when he said,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:19 Lit. saying">u</a></span> “You won’t reduce each day’s quota of bricks!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:19 Lit. your bricks">v</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">The Israelis Blame Moses and Moses Complains to God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As they left Pharaoh’s presence,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:20 Lit. from with">w</a></span> they met Moses and Aaron standing there.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:20 The Heb. lacks there">x</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The supervisors<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Lit. they">y</a></span> told them, “May the LORD look on you and judge you!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 The Heb. lacks you">z</a></span> You have made us repulsive to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Lit. made our odor stink in the eyes of">aa</a></span> Pharaoh and his servants. You have put<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Lit. servants to give">bb</a></span> a sword in their hands to kill us.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So Moses returned to the LORD and asked him, “LORD, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why have you sent me here? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have done nothing to deliver your people.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 5:2 Or <i>obey</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 5:2 The Heb. lacks <i>about</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 5:3 i.e. invasions by foreign armies<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 5:4 Lit. <i>burdens</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 5:5 Lit. <i>from their burdens</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 5:7 Lit. <i>like yesterday and the day before</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 5:8 Lit. <i>as yesterday and the day before</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 5:9 Or <i>men</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 5:10 The Heb. lacks <i>any</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 5:11 Lit. <i>from your labor</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 5:12 i.e. the stalks left in the field after grain is harvested<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 5:13 Lit. <i>matter</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 5:13 Lit. <i>when there was straw.</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 5:14 Lit. <i>saying.</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 5:14 Lit. <i>complete</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 5:14 Lit. <i>prescribed amount</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 5:15 Lit. <i>your servants</i>; and so throughout the book<br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 5:17 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 5:17 Lit. <i>therefore</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 5:18 The Heb. lacks <i>same</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 5:19 Lit. <i>saying</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 5:19 Lit. <i>your bricks</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 5:20 Lit. <i>from with</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 5:20 The Heb. lacks <i>there</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 5:21 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 5:21 The Heb. lacks <i>you</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 5:21 Lit. <i>made our odor stink in the eyes of</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 5:21 Lit. <i>servants to give</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/exodus/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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