ASV_Strong : Exodus 5
1. And afterward[H310] Moses[H4971] and Aaron[H175] came[H3843], and said[H559] unto Pharaoh[H6213], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Let my people[H5971] go[H7971], that they may hold a feast[H2287] unto me in the wilderness[H4057].
2. And Pharaoh[H6547] said[H559], Who is Jehovah[H3068], that I should hearken[H8085] unto his voice[H6963] to let Israel[H3478] go[H7971]? I know[H3045] not Jehovah[H3068], and moreover I will not let Israel[H3478] go[H7971].
3. And they said[H559], The God[H430] of the Hebrews[H5680] hath met[H7122] with us[H3212]: let us go, we pray thee[H7969], three days[H3117]' journey[H1870] into the wilderness[H4057], and sacrifice[H2076] unto Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430], lest he fall[H6293] upon us with pestilence[H1698], or with the sword[H2719].
4. And the king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] said[H559] unto them[H4872], Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron[H175], loose[H6544] the people[H5971] from their works[H4639]? get[H3212] you unto your burdens[H5450].
5. And Pharaoh[H6547] said[H559], Behold[H5971], the people of the land[H776] are now many[H7227], and ye make them rest[H7673] from their burdens[H5450].
6. And the same day[H3117] Pharaoh[H6547] commanded[H6680] the taskmasters[H5065] of the people[H5971], and their officers[H7860], saying[H559],
7. Ye shall no more[H3254] give[H5414] the people[H5971] straw[H8401] to make[H3835] brick[H3843], as heretofore[H8032]: let them go[H3212] and gather[H7197] straw for themselves[H8401].
8. And the number[H4971] of the bricks[H3843], which they did make[H6213] heretofore[H8032], ye shall lay[H7760] upon them[H1639]; ye shall not diminish aught thereof[H7503]: for they are idle; therefore they cry[H6817], saying[H559], Let us go[H3212] and sacrifice[H2076] to our God[H430].
9. Let heavier work[H5656] be laid[H3513] upon the men[H582], that they may labor[H6213] therein[H8159]; and let them not regard lying[H8267] words[H1697].
10. And the taskmasters[H5065] of the people[H5971] went out[H3318], and their officers[H7860], and they spake[H559] to the people[H5971], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] Pharaoh[H6547], I will not give[H5414] you straw[H8401].
11. Go[H3212] yourselves[H3947], get you straw[H8401] where[H834] ye can find[H4672] it[H3588]; for nought[H1697] of your work[H5656] shall be diminished[H1639].
12. So the people[H5971] were scattered abroad[H6327] throughout all the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] to gather[H7197] stubble[H7179] for straw[H8401].
13. And the taskmasters[H5065] were urgent[H213], saying[H559], Fulfil[H3615] your works[H4639], your daily[H3117] tasks[H1697], as when there was[H1961] straw[H8401].
14. And the officers[H7860] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], whom Pharaoh[H6547]'s taskmasters[H5065] had set[H7760] over them[H5221], were beaten, and demanded[H559], Wherefore have ye not fulfilled[H3615] your task[H2706] both yesterday[H8543] and to-day[H3117], in making brick[H3835] as heretofore[H8032]?
15. Then the officers[H7860] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] came[H935] and cried[H6817] unto Pharaoh[H6547], saying[H559], Wherefore dealest[H6213] thou thus with thy servants[H5650]?
16. There is no straw[H8401] given[H5414] unto thy servants[H5650], and they say[H559] to us[H6213], Make brick[H3843]: and[H5650], behold, thy servants are beaten[H5221]; but the fault[H2398] is in thine own people[H5971].
17. But he said[H559], Ye are idle[H7503], ye are idle[H7503]: therefore ye say[H559], Let us go[H3212] and sacrifice[H2076] to Jehovah[H3068].
18. Go[H3212] therefore now[H5647], and work; for there shall no straw[H8401] be given[H5414] you[H5414], yet shall ye deliver the number[H8506] of bricks[H3843].
19. And the officers[H7860] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] did see[H7200] that they were in evil[H7451] case[H559], when it was said, Ye shall not diminish[H1639] aught from your bricks[H3843], your daily[H3117] tasks[H1697].
20. And they met[H6293] Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175], who stood[H5324] in the way[H7125], as they came forth[H3318] from Pharaoh[H6547]:
21. and they said[H559] unto them[H3068], Jehovah look[H7200] upon you[H8199], and judge; because ye have made our savor[H7381] to be abhorred[H887] in the eyes[H5869] of Pharaoh[H6547], and in the eyes[H5869] of his servants[H5650], to put[H5414] a sword[H2719] in their hand[H3027] to slay us[H2026].
22. And Moses[H4872] returned[H7725] unto Jehovah[H136], and said[H559], Lord[H136], wherefore hast thou dealt ill[H7489] with this people[H5971]? why is it that thou hast sent me[H7971]?
23. For since I came[H935] to Pharaoh[H6547] to speak[H1696] in thy name[H8034], he hath dealt ill[H7489] with this people[H5971]; neither hast thou delivered[H5337] thy people[H5971] at all[H5337].
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