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But they must still make the same number of bricks as they did before. Do not accept fewer. They have become lazy, and that is why they ·are asking me [cry; whine], ‘Let us go to offer sacrifices to our God.’ Make these people work harder and ·keep them busy [L they will labor on it]; then they will ·not have time to listen to the lies of Moses [L pay no attention to false words/reports].”

Moses Complains to God

10 So the slave masters [L of the people] and ·foremen [supervisors] went ·to the Israelites [L out] and said [L to the people], “This is what ·the king [L Pharaoh] says: I will no longer give you straw.

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

10 Then the slave drivers(D) and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw.

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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.”

10 And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not give you straw.

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