Exodus 5:10

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So the slave drivers and overseers went out and said to the people, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you any straw.'

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  • Exod 1:11 : 11 So they appointed taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities for Pharaoh—Pithom and Rameses.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 The LORD said, 'I have surely seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cry on account of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.'
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials become wicked.

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  • Exod 5:11-20
    10 verses
    89%

    11"Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced at all."

    12So the people scattered all over Egypt to gather stubble to use for straw.

    13The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, "Complete the work required of you each day, just as when you had straw."

    14And Pharaoh's slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed, demanding, "Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?"

    15Then the Israelite overseers went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why are you treating your servants this way?"

    16"No straw is given to your servants, yet we are told, 'Make bricks!' Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people."

    17Pharaoh said, "Lazy! That’s what you are—lazy! That is why you keep saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.'

    18"Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks."

    19The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, "You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you each day."

    20When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them,

  • Exod 5:4-9
    6 verses
    87%

    4But the king of Egypt said, "Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their labor? Get back to your work."

    5And Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working!"

    6That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:

    7"You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

    8But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don't reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, 'Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.'

    9Make the work harder for the people so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies."

  • Exod 14:5
    73%

    5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about the Israelites. They said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and lost their services!”

  • Exod 10:27
    72%

    27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go.

  • Exod 6:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

    11"Go and speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, that he may let the Israelites leave his land."

  • Exod 1:11
    72%

    11So they appointed taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities for Pharaoh—Pithom and Rameses.

  • Exod 10:11
    72%

    11No! Just the men may go and worship the LORD, since that's what you are asking for." And Pharaoh drove them out of his presence.

  • Exod 8:20
    72%

    20And the LORD did as He said. Dense swarms of flies entered Pharaoh’s palace, the houses of his officials, and throughout Egypt, and the land was ruined because of the flies.

  • Exod 9:13
    71%

    13Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Get up early in the morning, present yourself 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 worship me.’

  • Exod 9:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1The Lord said to Moses, 'Go 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 worship me.’

    2But if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,

  • Exod 10:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.'

    4If you refuse to let my people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

  • Exod 5:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Afterward, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'Let my people go so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.'"

    2But Pharaoh replied, "Who is the Lord that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go."

  • Exod 3:19
    71%

    19But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

  • Exod 8:1
    71%

    1The LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, canals, and ponds, and bring up frogs over the land of Egypt.'"

  • Exod 3:10
    71%

    10'So now go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.'

  • Exod 10:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6They will fill your houses, the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land until now." Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.

    7Pharaoh's officials said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go so that they may worship the LORD their God. Don’t you realize that Egypt is ruined?"

  • Exod 9:35
    71%

    35So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.

  • Exod 10:20
    70%

    20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

  • Exod 7:14
    70%

    14Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.

  • Exod 9:17
    70%

    17You still set yourself against my people and refuse to let them go.

  • Exod 7:16
    70%

    16Then say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But so far you have not listened.'

  • Exod 8:15
    70%

    15The magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

  • Exod 7:4
    70%

    4Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring my armies—my people, the Israelites—out of the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.

  • Exod 9:7
    70%

    7Pharaoh sent men to investigate and found that not even one of the livestock of the Israelites had died. Yet Pharaoh’s heart was unyielding, and he did not let the people go.

  • Exod 11:1
    70%

    1The LORD said to Moses, "I will bring one more plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.