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Exodus 5 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Bricks Without Straw

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:2 - Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and 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. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:10 - Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:13 - The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:15 - Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why have you treated your servants this way?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17 - Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:20 - When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - and they said, “May the LORD look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

God Promises Deliverance

(Exo 3:1—4:17 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”
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Exodus Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

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