<vn='1'>And <sn="310">afterward</s><sn="4872">Moses</s> and <sn="175">Aaron</s> went <sn="935">in</s>, and <sn="559 413">told</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, Let <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7971">go</s>, that they may hold a <sn="2287">feast</s> unto me in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> is the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> I should <sn="8085">obey</s> his <sn="6963">voice</s> to let <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7971">go</s>? I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="1571 3808">neither</s> will I let <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7971">go</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="430">God</s> of the <sn="5680">Hebrews</s> hath <sn="7122">met</s><sn="5921">with</s> us: let us <sn="1980">go</s>, we pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s> ' <sn="1870">journey</s> into the <sn="4057">desert</s>, and <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>; <sn="6435">lest</s> he fall <sn="6293">upon</s> us with <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, <sn="176">or</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="4100">Wherefore</s> do ye, <sn="4872">Moses</s> and <sn="175">Aaron</s>, <sn="6544">let</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> from their <sn="4480 4639">works</s>? <sn="1980">get</s> you unto your <sn="5450">burdens</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2005">Behold</s>, the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="6258">now</s> are <sn="7227">many</s>, and ye make them <sn="7673 *853">rest</s> from their <sn="4480 5450">burdens</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5065">taskmasters</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, and their <sn="7860">officers</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='7'>Ye shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s><sn="5414">give</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="8401">straw</s> to <sn="3835">make</s><sn="3843">brick</s>, as <sn="8543 8032">heretofore</s>: let <sn="1992">them</s><sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="7197">gather</s><sn="8401">straw</s> for themselves. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="4971">tale</s> of the <sn="3843">bricks</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="1992">they</s> did <sn="6213">make</s><sn="8543 8032">heretofore</s>, ye shall <sn="7760">lay</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them; ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1639">diminish</s> aught <sn="4480">thereof</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s> be <sn="7503">idle</s>; <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="6817">cry</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Let us <sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> to our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Let there more work be <sn="3513 5656">laid</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="376">men</s>, that they may <sn="6213">labor</s> therein; and let them <sn="408">not</s><sn="8159">regard</s><sn="8267">vain</s><sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="5065">taskmasters</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> went <sn="3318">out</s>, and their <sn="7860">officers</s>, and they <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, I will <sn="369">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> you <sn="8401">straw</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1980">Go</s><sn="859">ye</s>, <sn="3947">get</s> you <sn="8401">straw</s><sn="4480 834">where</s> ye can <sn="4672">find</s> it: <sn="3588">yet</s><sn="369">not</s><sn="1697">aught</s> of your <sn="4480 5656">work</s> shall be <sn="1639">diminished</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>So the <sn="5971">people</s> were scattered <sn="6327">abroad</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> to <sn="7197">gather</s><sn="7179">stubble</s> instead of <sn="8401">straw</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="5065">taskmasters</s><sn="213">hasted</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3615">Fulfill</s> your <sn="4639">works</s>, your <sn="3117 3117">daily</s><sn="1697">tasks</s>, as <sn="834">when</s> there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="8401">straw</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="7860">officers</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="5065">taskmasters</s> had <sn="7760">set</s><sn="5921">over</s> them, were <sn="5221">beaten</s>, and <sn="559">demanded</s>, <sn="4069">Wherefore</s> have ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3615">fulfilled</s> your <sn="2706">task</s> in making <sn="3835">brick</s><sn="1571">both</s><sn="8543">yesterday</s><sn="1571">and</s><sn="3117">today</s>, as <sn="8543 8032">heretofore</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>Then the <sn="7860">officers</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="6817">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">Wherefore</s><sn="6213">dealest</s> thou <sn="3541">thus</s> with thy <sn="5650">servants</s>? </v>
<vn='16'>There is <sn="369">no</s><sn="8401">straw</s><sn="5414">given</s> unto thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, and they <sn="559">say</s> to us, <sn="6213">Make</s><sn="3843">brick</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, thy <sn="5650">servants</s> are <sn="5221">beaten</s>; but the <sn="2398">fault</s> is in thine own <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>But he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="859">Ye</s> are <sn="7503">idle</s>, ye are <sn="7503">idle</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="559">say</s>, Let us <sn="1980">go</s> and do <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1980">Go</s> therefore <sn="6258">now</s>, and <sn="5647">work</s>; for there shall <sn="3808">no</s><sn="8401">straw</s> be <sn="5414">given</s> you, yet shall ye <sn="5414">deliver</s> the <sn="8506">tale</s> of <sn="3843">bricks</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And the <sn="7860">officers</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> did <sn="7200">see</s> that they were in <sn="7451">evil</s> case, after it was <sn="559">said</s>, Ye shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1639">minish</s> aught from your <sn="4480 3843">bricks</s> of your <sn="3117 3117">daily</s><sn="1697">task</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And they <sn="6293">met</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4872">Moses</s> and <sn="175">Aaron</s>, who <sn="5324">stood</s> in the <sn="7125">way</s>, as they came <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="4480 854">from</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>And they <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">look</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you, and <sn="8199">judge</s>; <sn="834">because</s> ye have made <sn="*853"></s> our <sn="7381">savor</s> to be <sn="887">abhorred</s> in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s>, and in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of his <sn="5650">servants</s>, to <sn="5414">put</s> a <sn="2719">sword</s> in their <sn="3027">hand</s> to <sn="2026">slay</s> us. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="4872">Moses</s><sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="136">Lord</s>, <sn="4100">wherefore</s> hast thou so evil <sn="7489">entreated</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>? <sn="4100">why</s> is <sn="2088">it</s> that thou hast <sn="7971">sent</s> me? </v>
<vn='23'>For <sn="4480 227">since</s> I <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> to <sn="1696">speak</s> in thy <sn="8034">name</s>, he hath done <sn="7489">evil</s> to <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> hast thou <sn="5337">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5971">people</s> at <sn="5337">all</s>. </v>