Exodus 5:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:11 : 11 So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

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  • Exod 5:11-20
    10 verses
    89%

    11Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.

    12So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.

    13And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.

    14And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?

    15Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?

    16They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.

    17But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.

    18Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks.

    19Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before.

    20And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:

  • Exod 5:4-9
    6 verses
    87%

    4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people away from their work? get back to your work.

    5And Pharaoh said, Truly, the people of the land are increasing in number, and you are keeping them back from their work.

    6The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,

    7Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.

    8But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.

    9Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.

  • Exod 14:5
    73%

    5And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

  • Exod 10:27
    72%

    27But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

  • Exod 6:10-11
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    72%

    10And the Lord said to Moses,

    11Go in and say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he is to let the children of Israel go out of his land.

  • Exod 1:11
    72%

    11So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

  • Exod 10:11
    72%

    11Not so; but let your males go and give worship to the Lord, as your desire is. This he said, driving them out from before him.

  • Exod 8:20
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    20And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh when he comes out to the water; and say to him, This is what the Lord says: Let my people go to give me worship.

  • Exod 9:13
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    13And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh, and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 9:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Then the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

    2For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,

  • Exod 10:3-4
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    71%

    3Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

    4For if you will not let my people go, tomorrow I will send locusts into your land:

  • Exod 5:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land.

    2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.

  • Exod 3:19
    71%

    19And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.

  • Exod 8:1
    71%

    1And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him, The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship.

  • Exod 3:10
    71%

    10Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

  • Exod 10:6-7
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    6And your houses will be full of them, and the houses of your servants and of all the Egyptians; it will be worse than anything your fathers have seen or their fathers, from the day when they were living on the earth till this day. And so he went out from Pharaoh.

    7And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?

  • Exod 9:35
    71%

    35And the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not let the people go, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Moses.

  • Exod 10:20
    70%

    20But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

  • Exod 7:14
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    14And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.

  • Exod 9:17
    70%

    17Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?

  • Exod 7:16
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    16And say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go so that they may give me worship in the waste land; but up to now you have not given ear to his words.

  • Exod 8:15
    70%

    15But when Pharaoh saw that there was peace for a time, he made his heart hard and did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

  • Exod 7:4
    70%

    4But Pharaoh will not give ear to you, and I will put my hand on Egypt, and take my armies, my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt, after great punishments.

  • Exod 9:7
    70%

    7And Pharaoh sent and got word that there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel. But the heart of Pharaoh was hard and he did not let the people go.

  • Exod 11:1
    70%

    1And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.