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Exodus 5:7

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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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  1. Exodus 5:5

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

  2. Exodus 5:6

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

  3. 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.

  4. Exodus 5:9

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

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