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The
Israelites cruel bondage in Egypt.
Exodus 5:10-19
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. Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet
not ought of your work shall be diminished. So the people
were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to
gather stubble instead of straw. And the taskmasters hasted
them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily
tasks, as when there was straw. 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?
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 ii was said, Ye shall not minish
ought from your bricks of your daily task. (KJV)
Figures
de la Bible (1728)
Illustrated by Gerard
Hoet (1648-1733), and others.
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