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I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel.” <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And they said: “The God of the Hebrews has called us, so that we may go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God. Otherwise, a pestilence or the sword may befall us.” <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The king of Egypt said to them: “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, distract the people from their works? Go back to your burdens.” <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Pharaoh said: “The people of the land are many. You see that the turmoil has increased: how much more if you give them rest from the works?”<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Bricks and Straw<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore, on the same day, he instructed the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“You shall no longer give chaff to the people to form bricks, as before. But they may go and gather straw. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And you shall impose upon them the same quota of bricks that they made before. Neither will you lessen anything, for they are idle, and therefore they cry out, saying: ‘We shall go and sacrifice to our God.’ <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They shall be oppressed with works, and these shall occupy them, so that they may not agree to lying words.”<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And so the overseers of the works and the taskmasters went out and said to the people: “Thus says Pharaoh: I give you no chaff. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Go, and collect it wherever you are able to find it. Neither will anything of your work be diminished.” <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the people were dispersed through all the land of Egypt, in order to gather straw. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Likewise, the overseers of the works pressured them, saying: “Complete your work each day, just as you were accustomed to do before, when straw was given to you.” <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And those who were first in the works of the sons of Israel were scourged by Pharaoh’s taskmasters, saying: “Why have you not filled the quota of bricks, neither yesterday, nor today, just as before?”<p> <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">The Cry of the Israelites<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the first among the sons of Israel came, and they cried out to Pharaoh, saying: “Why do act against your servants in this way? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Straw is not given to us, and yet the same amount of bricks is commanded. So we, your servants, are cut up by scourging, and injustice is done against your people.” <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he said: “You are idle. And for this reason you say, ‘We shall go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Therefore, go and work. Straw will not be given to you, and you will return the customary number of bricks.” <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the first among the sons of Israel saw themselves in a crisis, because it was said to them, “Nothing at all will be lessened from the bricks throughout each day.” <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they met with Moses and Aaron, who stood opposite them as they departed from Pharaoh. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And they said to them: “May the Lord see and judge, because you have caused our odor to become foul before Pharaoh and his servants, and you have provided him with a sword, in order to kill us.”<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Moses returned to the Lord, and he said: “Lord, why have you afflicted this people? Why have you sent me? <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For from the time that I entered to Pharaoh, so as to speak in your name, he has afflicted your people. And you have not freed them.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>