Exodus 5:8
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,Select Exodus 5:6
7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.Select Exodus 5:7
8And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.Select Exodus 5:8
9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.Select Exodus 5:9
10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.Select Exodus 5:10
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WEB
5:8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
ASV
5:8 And the number of the bricks, which they did make 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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