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Pharaoh continued, ‘Now they are more numerous than the people of the land[a] and yet you want them to stop working!’ That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as well as their supervisors, ‘You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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  1. Exodus 5:5 Sam: Heb The people of the land are now many

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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