Pharaoh Rejects Moses – Exodus – The Brick Bible

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After this, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, God of Israel says, 'Let my people go, so that they can hold a feast in my honor in the desert.'"

1 of 13 Exodus 5:1

Pharaoh replied, "Who is Yahweh for me to obey what he says? I know nothing of Yahweh and will not let Israel go."

2 of 13 Exodus 5:2

They replied, "Give us leave to make a three day journey into the desert and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, or he will strike us with a plague or with the sword."

3 of 13 Exodus 5:3

The king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, what do you mean by distracting the people their work? Get back to your forced labor."

4 of 13 Exodus 5:4

That very day, Pharaoh gave the order to the people's taskmasters, "Do not go on providing the people with straw for brickmaking as before. Let them go gather straw for themselves.".

5 of 13 Exodus 5:6–7

But you will exact the same quantity of bricks from them as before, not reducing it at all, since they are lazy, and that is why their cry is, "Let us go and sacrifice to our God."

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So the people scattered all over Egypt to find stubble for their straw.

7 of 13 Exodus 5:12

And the Israelites' foremen whom the Pharaoh's taskmasters had put in charge of them, were flogged and asked, "Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks made today as before?"

8 of 13 Exodus 5:14

The Israelites went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why do you treat your servants like this? No straw is provided for your servants, and yet still the cry is 'Make bricks!' And now your servants are being flogged!".

9 of 13 Exodus 5:15–16

He replied, "You are lazy, lazy. That is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.' Get back to your work at once."

10 of 13 Exodus 5:17

As they left Pharaoh's presence, they met Moses and Aaron who were standing in their way and said to them' "May Yahweh look down at you and judge! You have brought us into bad odor with Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword into their hand to kill us."

11 of 13 Exodus 5:20–21

Moses went back to Yahweh and said, "Lord, why do you treat this people so harshly? Why did you send me? Ever since I came to Pharaoh, he has ill-treated this people and you have done nothing at all about rescuing your people.".

12 of 13 Exodus 5:6–7

Yahweh then said to Moses, "Now you will see what I am going to do to Pharaoh."

13 of 13 Exodus 6:1

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