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Israelites Making Bricks and Gathering Their Own Straw
by KyleS
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Exodus 5:11
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And afterward Moses
and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the
L
ORD
God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
2
And Pharaoh said, Who
is
the
L
ORD
, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the
L
ORD
, neither will I let Israel go.
3
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the
L
ORD
our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
4
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
5
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now
are
many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
6
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
7
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish
ought
thereof: for they
be
idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go
and
sacrifice to our God.
9
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
10
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
12
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
13
And the taskmasters hasted
them
, saying, Fulfil your works,
your
daily tasks, as when there was straw.
14
And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten,
and
demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
16
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants
are
beaten; but the fault
is
in thine own people.
17
But he said, Ye
are
idle,
ye are
idle: therefore ye say, Let us go
and
do sacrifice to the
L
ORD
.
18
Go therefore now,
and
work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
19
And the officers of the children of Israel did see
that
they
were
in evil
case
, after it was said, Ye shall not minish
ought
from your bricks of your daily task.
20
And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
21
And they said unto them, The
L
ORD
look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
22
And Moses returned unto the
L
ORD
, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou
so
evil entreated this people? why
is
it
that
thou hast sent me?
23
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
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