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Exodus 5:4

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2 But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

3 “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”

5 Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”

6 That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”
KJV
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
WEB
The king of Egypt said to them, “Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!”
ASV
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
DARBY
And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, wish to have the people go off from their works? Away, to your burdens!
BLB
And the king of Egypt said to them, “Why, Moses and Aaron, do you⁺ loosen the people from their works? Go to your⁺ burdens.”
ÅB
Men kongen i Egypt sa til dem: Hvorfor vil dere, Moses og Aron, dra folket fra dets arbeid? Gå og gjør det dere skal!
OTB
Men kongen av Egypt sa til dem: «Moses og Aron, hvorfor distraherer dere folket fra deres oppgaver? Gå tilbake til deres arbeid!»
B1930
Men kongen i Egypten sa til dem: Hvorfor vil I, Moses og Aron, dra folket fra dets arbeid? Gå og gjør det I skal!

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Cross references

  • Exodus 1:11

    So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

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  • Amos 7:10

    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

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  • Acts 24:5

    We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

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  • Luke 23:2

    And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”

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  • Jeremiah 38:4

    Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”

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  • Acts 16:20–21

    They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

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