“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;(A) let them go and gather their own straw. But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota.(B) They are lazy;(C) that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’(D) Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”

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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.

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.

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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“You shall no longer give the people straw to make (A)brick as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. And you shall lay on them the quota of bricks which they made before. You shall not reduce it. For they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ Let more work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.”

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