Exodus 5:8

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

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  • Ps 106:41 : 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

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    9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

    10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

    11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

    12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

    13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

    14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

    15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

    16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

    17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.

    18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

    19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

  • Exod 5:4-7
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    4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

    5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

    6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

    7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

  • Gen 11:3
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    3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

  • Exod 36:5-6
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    5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

    6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

  • Isa 2:8
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    8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

  • Exod 1:13-14
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    13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

    14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
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    5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

    6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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    8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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    11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

  • Jer 44:8
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    8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

  • Neh 4:5
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    5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

  • Hab 2:13
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    13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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    28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Acts 7:41
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    41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered srifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

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    8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

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    6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

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    35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:

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    10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

  • 1 Chr 22:15
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    15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

  • Jer 7:18
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    18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

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    2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

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    8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

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    5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.