King James Version (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.”
Verse in context — Exodus 5
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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.
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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