Exodus 5

1 ♥ 📝 A nd afterward^H310 Moses^H4971 and Aaron^H175 came,^H3843 and said^H559 unto Pharaoh,^H6213 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 Let my people^H5971 go,^H7971 that they may hold a feast^H2287 unto me in the wilderness.^H4057

2 ♥ 📝 And Pharaoh^H6547 said,^H559 Who is Jehovah,^H3068 that I should hearken^H8085 unto his voice^H6963 to let Israel^H3478 go?^H7971 I know^H3045 not Jehovah,^H3068 and moreover I will not let Israel^H3478 go.^H7971

3 ♥ 📝 And they said,^H559 The God^H430 of the Hebrews^H5680 hath met^H7122 with us: let us go,^H3212 we pray thee, three^H7969 days'^H3117 journey^H1870 into the wilderness,^H4057 and sacrifice^H2076 unto Jehovah^H3068 our God,^H430 lest he fall^H6293 upon us with pestilence,^H1698 or with the sword.^H2719

4 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 said^H559 unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses^H4872 and Aaron,^H175 loose^H6544 the people^H5971 from their works?^H4639 get^H3212 you unto your burdens.^H5450

5 ♥ 📝 And Pharaoh^H6547 said,^H559 Behold, the people^H5971 of the land^H776 are now many,^H7227 and ye make them rest^H7673 from their burdens.^H5450

6 ♥ 📝 And the same day^H3117 Pharaoh^H6547 commanded^H6680 the taskmasters^H5065 of the people,^H5971 and their officers,^H7860 saying,^H559

7 ♥ 📝 Ye shall no more^H3254 give^H5414 the people^H5971 straw^H8401 to make^H3835 brick,^H3843 as heretofore:^H8032 let them go^H3212 and gather^H7197 straw^H8401 for themselves.

8 ♥ 📝 And the number^H4971 of the bricks,^H3843 which they did make^H6213 heretofore,^H8032 ye shall lay^H7760 upon them; ye shall not diminish^H1639 aught thereof: for they are idle;^H7503 therefore they cry,^H6817 saying,^H559 Let us go^H3212 and sacrifice^H2076 to our God.^H430

9 ♥ 📝 Let heavier work^H5656 be laid^H3513 upon the men,^H582 that they may labor^H6213 therein; and let them not regard^H8159 lying^H8267 words.^H1697

10 ♥ 📝 And the taskmasters^H5065 of the people^H5971 went out,^H3318 and their officers,^H7860 and they spake^H559 to the people,^H5971 saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Pharaoh,^H6547 I will not give^H5414 you straw.^H8401

11 ♥ 📝 Go^H3212 yourselves, get^H3947 you straw^H8401 where^H834 ye can find^H4672 it; for^H3588 nought^H1697 of your work^H5656 shall be diminished.^H1639

12 ♥ 📝 So the people^H5971 were scattered abroad^H6327 throughout all the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 to gather^H7197 stubble^H7179 for straw.^H8401

13 ♥ 📝 And the taskmasters^H5065 were urgent,^H213 saying,^H559 Fulfil^H3615 your works,^H4639 [your] daily^H3117 tasks,^H1697 as when there was^H1961 straw.^H8401

14 ♥ 📝 And the officers^H7860 of the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 whom Pharaoh's^H6547 taskmasters^H5065 had set^H7760 over them, were beaten,^H5221 and demanded,^H559 Wherefore have ye not fulfilled^H3615 your task^H2706 both yesterday^H8543 and to-day,^H3117 in making brick^H3835 as heretofore?^H8032

15 ♥ 📝 Then the officers^H7860 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 came^H935 and cried^H6817 unto Pharaoh,^H6547 saying,^H559 Wherefore dealest^H6213 thou thus with thy servants?^H5650

16 ♥ 📝 There is no straw^H8401 given^H5414 unto thy servants,^H5650 and they say^H559 to us, Make^H6213 brick:^H3843 and, behold, thy servants^H5650 are beaten;^H5221 but the fault^H2398 is in thine own people.^H5971

17 ♥ 📝 But he said,^H559 Ye are idle,^H7503 ye are idle:^H7503 therefore ye say,^H559 Let us go^H3212 and sacrifice^H2076 to Jehovah.^H3068

18 ♥ 📝 Go^H3212 therefore now, and work;^H5647 for there shall no straw^H8401 be given^H5414 you, yet shall ye deliver^H5414 the number^H8506 of bricks.^H3843

19 ♥ 📝 And the officers^H7860 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 did see^H7200 that they were in evil^H7451 case, when it was said,^H559 Ye shall not diminish^H1639 aught from your bricks,^H3843 [your] daily^H3117 tasks.^H1697

20 ♥ 📝 And they met^H6293 Moses^H4872 and Aaron,^H175 who stood^H5324 in the way,^H7125 as they came forth^H3318 from Pharaoh:^H6547

21 ♥ 📝 and they said^H559 unto them, Jehovah^H3068 look^H7200 upon you, and judge;^H8199 because ye have made our savor^H7381 to be abhorred^H887 in the eyes^H5869 of Pharaoh,^H6547 and in the eyes^H5869 of his servants,^H5650 to put^H5414 a sword^H2719 in their hand^H3027 to slay^H2026 us.

22 ♥ 📝 And Moses^H4872 returned^H7725 unto Jehovah,^H136 and said,^H559 Lord,^H136 wherefore hast thou dealt ill^H7489 with this people?^H5971 why is it that thou hast sent^H7971 me?

23 ♥ 📝 For since I came^H935 to Pharaoh^H6547 to speak^H1696 in thy name,^H8034 he hath dealt ill^H7489 with this people;^H5971 neither hast thou delivered^H5337 thy people^H5971 at all.^H5337