Exodus 5
1. And afterward Moses and Aaron went in * , and told * Pharaoh, Thus saith * the LORD 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 LORD, that I should obey * his voice to let Israel go * ? I know * not the LORD, 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 LORD 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.
11. 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 LORD.
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 LORD 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 LORD, 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 * .
