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Exodus 5:10

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And 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.

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  1. Exodus 5:8

    And 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.

  2. Exodus 5:9

    Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

  3. Exodus 5:11

    Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

  4. Exodus 5:12

    So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

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