King James Version (KJV)
Exodus 5:17
“But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD.”
Verse in context — Exodus 5
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants [are] beaten; but the fault [is] in thine own people.
But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD.
Go therefore now, [and] work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
And the officers of the children of Israel did see [that] they [were] in evil [case], after it was said, Ye shall not minish [ought] from your bricks of your daily task.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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