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Exodus 5:16

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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.

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  1. Exodus 5:14

    And 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?

  2. Exodus 5:15

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

  3. Exodus 5:17

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

  4. Exodus 5:18

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

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