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

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

Ye shall no longer give the people firewood to make brick as until now; let them go and gather firewood for themselves.

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Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous,(A) and you are stopping them from working.”

That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers(B) and overseers in charge of the people: “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;(C) let them go and gather their own straw.

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