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Exodus 5:6

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

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Exodus 5:6 in other translations

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

Exodus 5:6 · World English Bible

Exodus 5:6 in context

  1. 4And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
  2. 5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
  3. 6And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
  4. 7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
  5. 8And 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.