Exodus 5:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 5:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”

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KJV

King James Version

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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WEB

World English Bible

The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 5

² But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

³ “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

⁴ But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”

⁵ Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”

⁶ That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

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