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Exodus 5:18

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Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”

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Exodus 5:18 in other translations

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

Exodus 5:18 · American Standard Version

Exodus 5:18 in context

  1. 16No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”
  2. 17But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to Yahweh.’
  3. 18Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”
  4. 19The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble when it was said, “You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!”
  5. 20They met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came out from Pharaoh.