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Exodus 5:17
New English Translation
Exodus 5:17
New English Translation
17 But Pharaoh replied,[a] “You are slackers! Slackers![b] That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’”
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- Exodus 5:17 tn Heb “And he said.”
- Exodus 5:17 tn Or “loafers.” The form נִרְפִּים (nirpim) is derived from the verb רָפָה (rafah), meaning “to be weak, to let oneself go.”
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