Exodus 5:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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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.
  • Jer 38:4 : 4 Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man be put to death, because he is putting fear into the hearts of the men of war who are still in the town, and into the hearts of the people, by saying such things to them: this man is not working for the well-being of the people, but for their damage.
  • Amos 7:10 : 10 Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.
  • Luke 23:2 : 2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
  • Acts 16:20-21 : 20 And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town; 21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 5:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    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.

  • Exod 14:5
    80%

    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 5:9-21
    13 verses
    80%

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

    10And 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.

    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:

    21And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

  • Exod 10:3
    78%

    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.

  • Exod 5:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

    3And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

  • Exod 9:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    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 8:20
    77%

    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
    77%

    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 10:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    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?

    8Then Moses and Aaron came in again before Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go and give worship to the Lord your God: but which of you are going?

  • Exod 12:31
    76%

    31And he sent for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Get up and go out from among my people, you and the children of Israel; go and give worship to the Lord as you have said.

  • 1 Sam 6:6
    76%

    6Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?

  • Exod 8:1
    76%

    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 8:25
    76%

    25And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Go and make your offering to your God here in the land.

  • Exod 6:13
    76%

    13And the word of the Lord came to Moses and Aaron, with orders for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 6:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    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
    75%

    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 10:24
    75%

    24Then Pharaoh sent for Moses, and said, Go and give worship to the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept here: your little ones may go with you.

  • Exod 3:10
    75%

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

  • Exod 3:18
    75%

    18And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God.

  • Exod 14:11
    75%

    11And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

  • Exod 8:28
    74%

    28Then Pharaoh said, I will let you go to make an offering to the Lord your God in the waste land; but do not go very far away, and make prayer for me.

  • Exod 7:16
    74%

    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 1:13
    74%

    13And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

  • Exod 11:1
    74%

    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.

  • Exod 7:14
    74%

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

  • Num 20:15
    74%

    15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

  • Exod 9:17
    73%

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