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## Exodus 5:7-12 in Context (Verses 4–15 KJV)
 
 [4 ](/kjv/exodus/5/4) 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.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/exodus/5/5) And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now *are* many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/exodus/5/6) And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
 
 [7 ](/kjv/exodus/5/7) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/exodus/5/8) 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.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/exodus/5/9) Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.*
 
 [10 ](/kjv/exodus/5/10) ¶ And 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.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/exodus/5/11) Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/exodus/5/12) So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/exodus/5/13) And the taskmasters hasted *them*, saying, Fulfil your works, *your* daily tasks, as when there was straw.*
 
 [14 ](/kjv/exodus/5/14) And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, *and* demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
 
 [15 ](/kjv/exodus/5/15) ¶ Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
 
[Exodus 4](/kjv/exodus/4) [Exodus 6](/kjv/exodus/6)

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