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Exodus Chapter 5

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EXODUS

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.
Exodus 10:9, Exodus 10:9, 1 Kings 21:20, Exodus 3:18, Acts 4:29
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.
Exodus 3:19, Exodus 3:19, Job 21:15, Job 21:15, 2 Kings 18:35
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.
Exodus 3:18, Exodus 3:18, Ezra 7:23, Ezekiel 6:11, Deuteronomy 28:21
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.
Exodus 1:11, Exodus 1:11, Acts 24:5, Acts 16:20, Acts 16:21
5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
Exodus 1:7, Exodus 1:11, Proverbs 14:28, Exodus 1:7, Exodus 1:11
6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Exodus 5:10, Exodus 5:19, Exodus 5:10, Exodus 5:19, Exodus 5:13
7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Genesis 24:25, Judges 19:19, Genesis 24:25, Judges 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.
Psalms 106:41, Psalms 106:41
9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Ephesians 5:6, Job 16:3, Jeremiah 43:2, Zechariah 1:6, Malachi 3:14
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.
Exodus 1:11, Exodus 1:11, Proverbs 29:12, Exodus 3:7, Proverbs 29:12
11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Exodus 5:13, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 5:13, Exodus 5:14
12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Isaiah 47:14, Isaiah 5:24, Joel 2:5, Nahum 1:10, Obadiah 1:18
13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
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?
Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 10:24
15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
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.
17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.
Matthew 26:8, John 6:27, Exodus 5:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:11
18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
Ezekiel 18:18, Daniel 2:9, Daniel 2:13, Ezekiel 18:18, Daniel 2:9
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Deuteronomy 32:36
20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
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.
Genesis 34:30, Genesis 34:30, Exodus 6:9, 1 Chronicles 19:6, 2 Samuel 10:6
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?
Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah 20:7, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Samuel 30:6, Numbers 11:11
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.
Isaiah 28:16, Jeremiah 11:21, Hebrews 10:36, Hebrews 10:37, Psalms 118:26

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