Exodus 5:17 — Meaning and Application

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“But he said, Ye {are} idle, {ye are} idle: therefore ye say, Let us go {and} do sacrifice to the LORD.”

Exodus 5:17

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Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

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.

But he said, Ye {are} idle, {ye are} idle: therefore ye say, Let us go {and} do sacrifice to the LORD.

Go therefore now, {and} work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

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.

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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."

Exodus 5:2

"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."

Exodus 5:3

"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."

Exodus 5:4

"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."

Exodus 5:5

"And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now {are} many, and ye make them rest from their burdens."

Exodus 5:6

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

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