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Exodus 5:8

World English Bible

You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Exodus 5:8 in other translations

And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Exodus 5:8 · American Standard Version

Exodus 5:8 in context

  1. 6The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
  2. 7“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
  3. 8You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’
  4. 9Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
  5. 10The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you straw.