Exodus 5:9
Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.
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- 2 Kgs 18:20 : 20 You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?
- Job 16:3 : 3 May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?
- Jer 43:2 : 2 Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:
- Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.
- Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?
- Eph 5:6 : 6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
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- Exod 5:4-85 verses84%
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.
- Exod 5:10-1910 verses83%
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.
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10Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.
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.
12But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.
13And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:
14And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
- Exod 36:5-62 verses72%
5And said to Moses, The people are giving much more than is needed for the work which the Lord has given us orders to do.
6So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.
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9On six days do all your work:
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15And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,
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5And let it be given to the overseers of the work of the Lord's house, to give to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the house of the Lord;
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13See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?
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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 9:1-22 verses69%
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,
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13On six days do all your work:
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3And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.
- Exod 6:9-102 verses68%
9And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.
10And the Lord said to Moses,
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9For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.
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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.