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And the king of Egypt said, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you take[a] the people from their work? Go to your forced labor!”[b] And Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now many, and you want to stop them from their forced labor.”[c]

And on that day Pharaoh commanded the slave drivers over the people and his foremen, saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 5:4 Or “let loose,” “let run wild” (compare 32:25)
  2. Exodus 5:4 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”
  3. Exodus 5:5 Literally “burdens” or “burdensome labor”