Exodus 5:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 5:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

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WEB

World English Bible

Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 5

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:

⁷ “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

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