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The king of Egypt replied to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you keeping the people from their labor? Go back to your work!”[a] Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people in the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working.”[b]

Pharaoh Increases the Israelis’ Work

That day Pharaoh ordered the taskmasters of the people and their officials,

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 5:4 Lit. burdens
  2. Exodus 5:5 Lit. from their burdens

But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor?(A) Get back to your work!” Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous,(B) and you are stopping them from working.”

That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers(C) and overseers in charge of the people:

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