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Exodus 5 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Israel’s Labor Increased

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And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Let My people go so that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:2 - But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will strike us with plague or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you let the people neglect their [fn]work? Get back to your labors!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - Again Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You are no longer to give the people straw to make bricks as previously; have them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - “But you shall impose on them the quota of bricks which they were making before; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, for that reason they cry [fn]out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - “Let the labor be heavier on the men, and have them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words.”

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So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not going to give you any straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘You go, get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it; but none of your labor will be reduced.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your [fn]work quota, [fn]your daily amount, just as when [fn]you had straw.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten [fn]and asked, “Why have you not completed your required task of making bricks either yesterday or today, as before?”

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Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17 - But he said, “You are lazy, very lazy; for that reason you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - “So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, but you must deliver the quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble, [fn]since they were told, “You must not reduce [fn]your daily amount of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:20 - When they left Pharaoh’s presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were [fn]waiting for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said to them, “May the LORD look upon you and judge you, because you have made [fn]us repulsive in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”
(Exo 3:1—4:17 )

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Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - “Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all.”
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit works
Lit out, saying,
Lit works
Lit the matter of a day in its day
Lit there was
Lit saying
Lit saying
Lit from your bricks the matter of a day in its day
Lit standing to meet
Lit our odor stink
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Exodus Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras