1And 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 unto me in the wilderness.⇆ compare2And 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.⇆ compare3And 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 unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.⇆ compare4And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.⇆ compare5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.⇆ compare6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,⇆ compare7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.⇆ compare8And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.⇆ compare9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words.⇆ compare10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.⇆ compare11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not aught of your work shall be diminished.⇆ compare12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.⇆ compare13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.⇆ compare14And 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 today, as heretofore?⇆ compare15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?⇆ compare16There 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.⇆ compare17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.⇆ compare18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.⇆ compare19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task.⇆ compare20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:⇆ compare21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.⇆ compare22And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?⇆ compare23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.⇆ compare