Exodus 5:8
“And 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.”
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Exodus 5:8 Context
6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taske-masters of the people, and their officers, saying; 7Yee shall no more giue the people straw to make bricke, as heretofore: let them goe and gather straw for themselues. 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. 9Let there more worke be layde vpon the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard vaine wordes. 10¶ And 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.
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And 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.
- King James Version
"But the quota of bricks which they were making previously, you shall impose on them; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, therefore they cry out, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)