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And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.
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And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
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And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
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And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, hinder the people from their works; go you to your burdens.
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And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
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And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying,
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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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And the number of the bricks which they made heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish [aught] thereof; for they are idle: therefore they cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to our God.
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Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein: and let them not regard vain words.
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And the task-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
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Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not aught of your work shall be diminished.