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Exodus 5 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - And after this went in Moses and Aaron to Pharao, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of Israel, Send my people away, that they may keep a feast to me in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:2 - And Pharao said, Who is he that I should hearken to his voice, so that I should send away the children of Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I [fn]will not let Israel go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - And Pharao said, Behold now, the people is very numerous; let us not then give them rest from their work.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - And Pharao gave orders to the task-masters of the people and the accountants, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - Ye shall no longer give straw to the people for brick-making as yesterday and the third day; but let them go themselves, and collect straw for themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - And thou shalt impose on them daily the rate of brick-making which they perform: thou shalt not abate anything, for they are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - Let the works of these men be made grievous, and let them care for these things, and not care for vain words.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharao, I will give you straw no longer.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go ye, yourselves, get for yourselves straw whencesoever ye can find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharao, were scourged, [[fn]and questioned,] men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brick-work as yesterday and the third day, to-day also?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 - And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharao, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17 - And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, men saying, Ye shall not fail [fn]to deliver the daily rate of the brick-making.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:20 - And they met Moses and Aaron coming forth to meet them, as they came forth from Pharao.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge you, for ye have made our savour abominable before Pharao, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to slay us.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - And Moses turned to the Lord, and said, I pray, Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? and wherefore hast thou sent me?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - For from the time that I went to Pharao to speak in thy name, he has afflicted this people, and thou hast not delivered thy people.
BES Footnotes
Gr. do not let, etc.
supplied from the Hebrew.
Gr. from the brick-making to deliver that which belongs to each day.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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