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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.
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And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, saying, Ye shall not fail to deliver the daily rate of the brick-making.
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And they met Moses and Aaron coming forth to meet them, as they came forth from Pharao.
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And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge you, for ye have made our savour abominable before Pharao, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to slay us.
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And Moses turned to the Lord, and said, I pray, Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? and wherefore hast thou sent me?
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For from the time that I went to Pharao to speak in thy name, he has afflicted this people, and thou hast not delivered thy people.