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Exodus 5:6 (KJV)

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

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Exodus 5 — surrounding verses

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.