16 There is no straw given to thy servants, and they say unto us, Make brick: and lo, thy servants are beaten, and [a]thy people is blamed.

17 But he said, [b]Ye are too much idle: therefore ye say, Let us go to offer sacrifice to the Lord.

18 Go therefore now and work: for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the whole tale of brick.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 5:16 Or, thy people the Egyptians are in fault.
  2. Exodus 5:17 Hebrew, idle, ye are idle.

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