But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 5:17 in context
Exodus 5:14–20
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The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why haven’t you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?”
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Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?
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No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”
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But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
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Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”
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The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble when it was said, “You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!”
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They met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came out from Pharaoh.
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