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Exodus 5

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¹ And the taskmasters pressured them, saying, "Finish your work, [fulfill] your daily quotas, just as when there was straw [given to you]."

² And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not fulfilled your required quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before?"

³ Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, "Why do you deal like this with your servants?

⁴ No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, 'Make bricks!' And look, your servants are being beaten, but it is the fault of your own people."

⁵ But Pharaoh said, "You are lazy, very lazy and idle! That is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'

⁶ Get out now and get to work; for no straw will be given to you, yet you are to deliver the same quota of bricks."

⁷ The Hebrew foremen saw that they were in a bad situation because they were told, "You must not reduce [in the least] your daily quota of bricks."

⁸ When they left Pharaoh's presence, the foremen met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them.

⁹ And the foremen said to them, "May the LORD look upon you and judge you, because you have made us odious (something hated) in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and you have put a sword in their hand to kill us."

¹⁰ Then Moses turned again to the LORD and said, "O Lord, why have You brought harm and oppression to this people? Why did You ever send me? [I cannot understand Your purpose!]

¹¹ Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has harmed and oppressed this people, and You have done nothing at all to rescue Your people."

¹² Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for[1] under compulsion he will [not only] let them go, but under compulsion he will drive them out of his land."

¹³ Then God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD.

¹⁴ I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob (Israel) as God Almighty [El Shaddai], but by My[2] name,[3] LORD, I did not make Myself known to them [in acts and great miracles].

¹⁵ I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers (temporary residents, foreigners).

¹⁶ And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have [faithfully] remembered My covenant [with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob].

¹⁷ Therefore, say to the children of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will free you from their bondage. I will redeem and rescue you with an outstretched (vigorous, powerful) arm and with great acts of judgment [against Egypt].

¹⁸ Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who redeemed you and brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

¹⁹ I will bring you to the land which I[4] swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel); and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD [you have the promise of My changeless omnipotence and faithfulness].'"

²⁰ Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their[5] impatience and despondency, and because of their forced labor.

²¹ The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

²² Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.

²³ But Moses said to the LORD, "Look, [my own people] the Israelites have not listened to me; so how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am[6] unskilled and inept in speech?"

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1	And the taskmasters pressured them, saying, "Finish your work, [fulfill] your daily quotas, just as when there was straw [given to you]."
2	And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not fulfilled your required quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before?"
3	Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, "Why do you deal like this with your servants?
4	No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, 'Make bricks!' And look, your servants are being beaten, but it is the fault of your own people."
5	But Pharaoh said, "You are lazy, very lazy and idle! That is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'
6	Get out now and get to work; for no straw will be given to you, yet you are to deliver the same quota of bricks."
7	The Hebrew foremen saw that they were in a bad situation because they were told, "You must not reduce [in the least] your daily quota of bricks."
8	When they left Pharaoh's presence, the foremen met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them.
9	And the foremen said to them, "May the LORD look upon you and judge you, because you have made us odious (something hated) in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and you have put a sword in their hand to kill us."
10	Then Moses turned again to the LORD and said, "O Lord, why have You brought harm and oppression to this people? Why did You ever send me? [I cannot understand Your purpose!]
11	Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has harmed and oppressed this people, and You have done nothing at all to rescue Your people."
12	Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for[1] under compulsion he will [not only] let them go, but under compulsion he will drive them out of his land."
13	Then God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD.
14	I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob (Israel) as God Almighty [El Shaddai], but by My[2] name,[3] LORD, I did not make Myself known to them [in acts and great miracles].
15	I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers (temporary residents, foreigners).
16	And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have [faithfully] remembered My covenant [with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob].
17	Therefore, say to the children of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will free you from their bondage. I will redeem and rescue you with an outstretched (vigorous, powerful) arm and with great acts of judgment [against Egypt].
18	Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who redeemed you and brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
19	I will bring you to the land which I[4] swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel); and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD [you have the promise of My changeless omnipotence and faithfulness].'"
20	Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their[5] impatience and despondency, and because of their forced labor.
21	The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
22	Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the children of Israel go out of his land.
23	But Moses said to the LORD, "Look, [my own people] the Israelites have not listened to me; so how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am[6] unskilled and inept in speech?"

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