5Exodus 5

CHAP. V. / 1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message. 5 Hee encreaseth the Israelites taske. 15 Hee checketh their complaints. 19 They cry out vpon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to G

1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and tolde Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people goe, that they may holde a feast vnto mee in the wildernesse.Select Exodus 5:1

2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voyce to let Israel goe? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel goe.Select Exodus 5:2

3And they said, The God of the Hebrewes hath met with vs: let vs goe, we pray thee, three dayes iourney into the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, lest hee fall vpon vs with pestilence, or with the sword.Select Exodus 5:3

4And the King of Egypt said vnto them, Wherfore doe ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burdens.Select Exodus 5:4

5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, & you make them rest from their burdens.Select Exodus 5:5

6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taske-masters of the people, and their officers, saying;Select Exodus 5:6

7Yee shall no more giue the people straw to make bricke, as heretofore: let them goe and gather straw for themselues.Select Exodus 5:7

8And the tale of the brickes which they did make heretofore, you shall lay vpon them: you shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us goe and sacrifice to our God.Select Exodus 5:8

9Let there more worke be layde vpon the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard vaine wordes.Select Exodus 5:9

10And the taske-masters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not giue you straw.Select Exodus 5:10

11Goe ye, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your worke shall be diminished.Select Exodus 5:11

12So the people were scattered abroad throughout al the land of Egypt, to gather stubble in stead of straw.Select Exodus 5:12

13And the taske-masters hasted them, saying; Fulfill your workes, your dayly taskes, as when there was straw.Select Exodus 5:13

14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs task-masters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske, in making bricke, both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?Select Exodus 5:14

15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?Select Exodus 5:15

16There is no straw giuen vnto thy seruants, and they say to vs, Make bricke: and beholde, thy seruants are beaten; but the fault is in thine owne people.Select Exodus 5:16

17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let vs goe and doe sacrifice to the Lord.Select Exodus 5:17

18Goe therefore now and worke: for there shall no straw bee giuen you, yet shall ye deliuer the tale of brickes.Select Exodus 5:18

19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in euill case, after it was said, Yee shall not minish ought from your brickes of your dayly taske.Select Exodus 5:19

20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came foorth from Pharaoh.Select Exodus 5:20

21And they said vnto them; The Lord looke vpon you, and iudge, because you haue made our sauour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his seruants, to put a sword in their hand to slay vs.Select Exodus 5:21

22And Moses returned vnto the Lord, and said, Lord, Wherefore hast thou so euill intreated this people? Why is it that thou hast sent me?Select Exodus 5:22

23For since I came to Pharaoh to speake in thy Name, he hath done euill to this people, neither hast thou deliuered thy people at all.Select Exodus 5:23