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11 You[a] go get straw for yourselves wherever you can[b] find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”

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  1. Exodus 5:11 tn The independent personal pronoun emphasizes that the people were to get their own straw, and it heightens the contrast with the king. “You—go get.”
  2. Exodus 5:11 tn The tense in this section could be translated as having the nuance of possibility: “wherever you may find it,” or the nuance of potential imperfect: “wherever you are able to find any.”

11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced(A) at all.’”

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