Exodus 5:18 — Meaning and Application

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

Exodus 5:18

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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.

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

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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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