Exodus 5

¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 10:9Acts 4:291 Cor 5:81 Kgs 21:20Ezek 2:6Jonah 3:3-4Matt 10:28Exod 3:18Ps 119:46Isa 25:6

²And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 3:19Job 21:152 Kgs 18:352 Thess 1:8John 16:3Rom 1:281 Sam 2:122 Chr 32:152 Chr 32:19Jer 44:16-17

³And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 3:182 Chr 30:82 Kgs 17:25Deut 28:21Ezek 6:11Ezra 7:23Zech 14:16-19

⁴And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 1:11Acts 24:5Amos 7:10Luke 23:2Acts 16:20-21Jer 38:4

⁵And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 1:7-11Prov 14:28

⁶And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 5:10Exod 5:192 Chr 26:11Deut 1:15Deut 16:18Exod 1:11Exod 3:7Exod 5:13-15Josh 24:4Josh 8:33

⁷Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 24:25Judg 19:19

⁸And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 106:41

⁹Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 18:20Eph 5:6Jer 43:2Job 16:3Mal 3:14Zech 1:6

¹⁰And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 1:11Exod 3:7Prov 29:12

¹¹Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 5:13-14

¹²So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Cor 3:12Exod 15:7Isa 47:14Isa 5:24Joel 2:5Nah 1:10Obad 1:18

¹³And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁴And 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 10:24

¹⁵Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁶There 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹⁷But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Thess 3:10-11Exod 5:8John 6:27Matt 26:8

¹⁸Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 2:9-13Ezek 18:18

¹⁹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 4:1Eccl 5:8Deut 32:36

²⁰And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

²¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 34:301 Chr 19:61 Sam 13:41 Sam 27:122 Sam 10:6Exod 6:9Gen 16:52 Cor 2:15-16Eccl 10:1Exod 14:11

²²And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 20:71 Kgs 19:101 Kgs 19:41 Sam 30:6Exod 17:4Hab 2:3Num 11:11Num 11:14-15Ps 73:25Jer 12:1

²³For 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Heb 10:36-37Isa 26:17-18Isa 28:16Jer 11:21Ps 118:26John 5:43