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And thou shalt impose on them daily the rate of brick-making which they perform: thou shalt not abate anything, for they are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.
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Let the works of these men be made grievous, and let them care for these things, and not care for vain words.
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And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, thus says Pharao, I give you straw no longer.
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Go ye, yourselves, get for yourselves straw whencesoever ye can find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate.
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So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.
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and the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.
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And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharao, were scourged, saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brick-work as yesterday and the third day, to-day also?
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And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharao, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?
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Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.
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And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go do sacrifice to our God.
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Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.