Exodus
5
New International Version (NIV)
Exodus
5
Bricks
Without Straw
1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This
is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may
hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’”
2 Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and
let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go.”
3 Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us.
Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to
the LORD our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
4 But the king of Egypt said, “Moses and Aaron, why are you
taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!” 5
Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are
stopping them from working.”
6 That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers
and overseers in charge of the people: 7 “You are no longer to
supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their
own straw. 8 But require them to make the same number of bricks as
before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out,
‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ 9 Make the work harder for the
people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.”
10 Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said
to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw.
11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work
will not be reduced at all.’” 12 So the people scattered all over
Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw. 13 The slave drivers kept
pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as
when you had straw.” 14 And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the
Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, “Why haven’t you met your
quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”
15 Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh:
“Why have you treated your servants this way? 16 Your servants are
given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten,
but the fault is with your own people.”
17 Pharaoh said, “Lazy, that’s what you are—lazy! That is why
you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’ 18 Now get
to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota
of bricks.”
19 The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when
they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for
each day.” 20 When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron
waiting to meet them, 21 and they said, “May the LORD look on you
and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have
put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
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