Exodus 5:5
“And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, & you make them rest from their burdens.”
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Exodus 5:5 Context
3And they said, The God of the Hebrewes hath met with vs: let vs goe, we pray thee, three dayes iourney into the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, lest hee fall vpon vs with pestilence, or with the sword. 4And the King of Egypt said vnto them, Wherfore doe ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their workes? get you vnto your burdens. 5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, & you make them rest from their burdens. 6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taske-masters of the people, and their officers, saying; 7Yee shall no more giue the people straw to make bricke, as heretofore: let them goe and gather straw for themselues.
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And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
- King James Version
Again Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!"
- New American Standard Version (1995)