Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, the God of Israel says, let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the Wilderness. But Pharaoh said, who is the lord, that I should heed his voice and let Israel go?

I do not know the lord, and I will not let Israel go. Then they said, the God of the Hebrews has met with us, let us go, we pray, a three days journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the lord our God, lest he falls upon us with pestilence or with the sword.

The King of Egypt said to them, Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work?
Get to your burdens.
Pharaoh said, behold the people of the land are now many and you make them rest from their burdens!

The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, you shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.

But the number of bricks which they made heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall by no means lessen it, for they are idle, therefore they cry, let us go and offer sacrifice to our God. Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.

The taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, I will not give you straw. Go yourselves get your straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be lessened in the least.

The people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw. The taskmasters were urgent, saying, complete your work, your daily task, as when there was a straw.

The foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, why have you not done all your task of making bricks today, as hitherto?

Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to the pharaoh, why do you deal this with your servant?
No straw is given to your servant, yet they said to us, make bricks!
And behold, your servant is beaten, but the fault is in your people.

But he said you are idle, therefore you say, let us go and sacrifice to the lord. Go now, and work, for no straw, shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks. The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in evil plight, when they said, you shall by no means lessen your daily number of bricks.

They met Moses and Aaron who were waiting for them, as they came forth from the pharaoh, and they said to them, the lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.

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