Exodus 5:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Notwithstanding lay vpon them the nober of bricke, which they made in time past, diminish nothing thereof: for they be idle, therefore they crie, saying, Let vs go to offer sacrifice vnto our God.

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  • Ps 106:41 : 41 And hee gaue them into the hande of the heathen: and they that hated them, were lordes ouer them.

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  • Exod 5:9-19
    11 verses
    86%

    9Lay more worke vpon the men, & cause them to do it, & let the not regard vaine words.

    10Then went the taskemasters of the people and their officers out, and tolde the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will giue you no more strawe.

    11Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished.

    12Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe.

    13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe.

    14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs taskemasters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making bricke yesterday and to daye, as in times past?

    15Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?

    16There is no strawe giuen to thy seruantes, and they say vnto vs, Make bricke: and loe, thy seruants are beaten, and thy people is blamed.

    17But he said, Ye are to much idle: therfore ye say, Let vs goe to offer sacrifice to the Lord.

    18Goe therefore nowe and worke: for there shall no strawe be giuen you, yet shall yee deliuer the whole tale of bricke.

    19Then the officers of the children of Israel sawe them selues in an euill case, because it was saide, Ye shall diminish nothing of your bricke, nor of euery dayes taske.

  • Exod 5:4-7
    4 verses
    84%

    4Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses & Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens.

    5Pharaoh saide furthermore, Behold, much people is nowe in the lande, and ye make them leaue their burdens.

    6Therefore Pharaoh gaue commandement the same day vnto the taskemasters of the people, and to their officers, saying,

    7Ye shall giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke ( as in time past) but let them goe and gather them strawe them selues:

  • Gen 11:3
    71%

    3And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slyme had they in steade of morter.

  • Exod 36:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5And spake to Moses, saying, The people bring too much, and more then ynough for the vse of the worke, which the Lord hath commanded to be made.

    6Then Moses gaue a commandement, and they caused it to be proclaymed throughout the hoste, saying, Let neither man nor woman prepare any more worke for the oblation of the Sanctuarie. So the people were stayed from offring.

  • Isa 2:8
    69%

    8Their land also was full of idols: they worshipped the worke of their owne hands, which their owne fingers haue made.

  • Exod 1:13-14
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    69%

    13Wherefore the Egyptians by crueltie caused the children of Israel to serue.

    14Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay & in bricke, & in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
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    5And let them deliuer it into the hande of them that doe the worke, and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord: let them giue it to them that worke in the house of the Lorde, to repaire the decayed places of the house:

    6To wit, vnto the artificers and carpenters & masons, and to bye timber, and hewed stone to repaire the house.

  • Amos 2:8
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    8And they lye downe vpon clothes layde to pledge by euery altar: and they drinke the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.

  • Exod 1:11
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    11Therefore did they set taskemasters ouer them, to keepe the vnder with burdens: and they built the cities Pithom and Raamses for the treasures of Pharaoh.

  • Jer 44:8
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    8In that yee prouoke mee vnto wrath with the woorkes of your hands, burning incense vnto other Gods in the lande of Egypt whither yee be gone to dwell: that yee might bring destruction vnto your selues, and that ye might be a curse and a reproch among all nations of the earth.

  • Neh 4:5
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    5And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.

  • Hab 2:13
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    13Beholde, is it not of the Lorde of hostes that the people shal labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.

  • Deut 4:28
    68%

    28And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.

  • Acts 7:41
    67%

    41And they made a calfe in those dayes, and offered sacrifice vnto the idole, and reioyced in the workes of their owne handes.

  • Ezra 6:8
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    8For I haue giuen a commandement what ye shall doe to the Elders of these Iewes, for the buylding of this house of God, that of the reuenues of the King, which is of the tribute beyonde the Riuer, there be incontinently expenses giuen vnto these men that they cease not.

  • Jer 25:6
    67%

    6And go not after other gods to serue them and to worshippe them, and prouoke me not to anger with the workes of your hands, and I will not punish you.

  • Num 29:35
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    35In the eight day, yee shall haue a solemne assemblie: yee shall doe no seruile worke therein,

  • Neh 4:10
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    10And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
    67%

    15Moreouer thou hast workmen with thee enough, hewers of stone, and workemen for timber, and all men expert in euery worke.

  • Jer 7:18
    67%

    18The children gather wood, & the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knede the dough to make cakes to the Queene of heauen and to powre out drinke offrings vnto other gods, that they may prouoke me vnto anger.

  • Exod 9:2
    67%

    2But if thou refuse to let them goe, and wilt yet holde them still,

  • Ezra 5:8
    67%

    8Be it knowen vnto the King, that we went into the prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, & beames are layde in the walles, and this worke is wrought speedily, and prospereth in their hands.

  • Ps 28:5
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    5For they regarde not the woorkes of the Lorde, nor the operation of his handes: therefore breake them downe, and builde them not vp.