World English Bible
Exodus 5:17
“But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.”
Verse in context — Exodus 5
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make brick!' and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.
But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.
Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!
The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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