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Exodus 5:15 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 After Moses and Aaron talked to the people, they went to Pharaoh and said, "The Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go into the desert so they can have a festival to honor me.'"
2 But Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him? Why should I let Israel go? I don't even know who this Lord is, so I refuse to let Israel go."
3 Then Aaron and Moses said, "The God of the Hebrews has talked with us. So we beg you to let us travel three days into the desert. There we will offer a sacrifice to the Lord our God. If we don't do this, he might become angry and destroy us. He might make us die from sickness or war."
4 But Pharaoh said to them, "Moses and Aaron, you are bothering the workers. Let them do their work. Go back to your own work!
5 There are very many workers, and you are keeping them from doing their jobs."
6 That same day, Pharaoh gave a command to the slave masters and Hebrew foremen.
7 He said, "You have always given the people straw to use to make bricks. But now, tell them they have to go and find their own straw to make bricks.
8 But they must still make the same number of bricks as they did before. They have gotten lazy. That is why they are asking me to let them go. They don't have enough work to do. That is why they asked me to let them make sacrifices to their God.
9 So make these people work harder. Keep them busy. Then they will not have enough time to listen to the lies of Moses."
10 So the Egyptian slave masters and the Hebrew foremen went to the Israelites and said, "Pharaoh has decided that he will not give you straw for your bricks.
11 You must go and get the straw for yourselves. So go and find straw, but you must still make as many bricks as you made before."
12 So the people went everywhere in Egypt looking for straw.
13 The slave masters forced the people to work even harder. They forced the people to make as many bricks as before.
14 The Egyptian slave masters had chosen the Hebrew foremen and had made them responsible for the work the people did. The Egyptian slave masters beat these foremen and said to them, "Why aren't you making as many bricks as you made in the past? If you could do it then, you can do it now!"
15 Then the Hebrew foremen went to Pharaoh. They complained and said, "We are your servants. Why are you treating us like this?
16 You give us no straw, but you tell us to make as many bricks as before. And now our masters are beating us. Your people are wrong for doing this."
17 Pharaoh answered, "You are lazy, and you don't want to work! That is why you ask me to let you go. And that is why you want to leave here and make sacrifices to the Lord.
18 Now, go back to work! We will not give you any straw. And you must still make as many bricks as you did before."
19 The Hebrew foremen knew they were in trouble, because the Pharaoh had told them, "You must still make as many bricks as you made before."
20 When they were leaving the meeting with Pharaoh, they passed Moses and Aaron. Moses and Aaron were waiting for them.
21 So they said to Moses and Aaron, "May the Lord take care of you. May the Lord judge you for what you did! You made Pharaoh and his rulers hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us."
22 Then Moses prayed to the Lord and said, "Lord, why have you done this terrible thing to your people? Why did you send me here?
23 I went to Pharaoh and said what you told me to say. But since that time he has made the people suffer, and you have done nothing to help them!"
1 And afterward H310 W-ADV Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 went in H935 VQQ3MP , and told H559 W-VQY3MP Pharaoh H6547 EMS , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 , Let my people H5971 go H7971 VPFC , that they may hold a feast H2287 unto me in the wilderness H4057 .
2 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Who H4310 IPRO is the LORD H3068 EDS , that H834 RPRO I should obey H8085 his voice H6963 to let Israel H3478 go H7971 ? I know H3045 VQY1MS not H3808 NADV the LORD H3068 EDS , neither H1571 W-CONJ will I let Israel H3478 go H7971 .
3 And they said H559 W-VQY3MP , The God H430 CDP of the Hebrews H5680 hath met H7122 with H5921 PREP-1MP us : let us go H1980 , we pray thee H4994 IJEC , three H7969 BMS days H3117 NMP \' journey H1870 NMS into the desert H4057 , and sacrifice H2076 unto the LORD H3068 L-EDS our God H430 ; lest H6435 CONJ he fall upon H6293 us with pestilence H1698 , or H176 CONJ with the sword H2719 .
4 And the king H4428 NMS of Egypt H4714 EFS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS them , Wherefore H4100 L-IPRO do ye , Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 , let the people H5971 from their works H4639 ? get H1980 VQI2MP you unto your burdens H5450 .
5 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Behold H2005 IJEC , the people H5971 NMS of the land H776 D-GFS now H6258 ADV are many H7227 AMP , and ye make them rest H7673 from their burdens H5450 .
6 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS commanded H6680 W-VPY3MS the same H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS the taskmasters H5065 of the people H5971 , and their officers H7860 , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
7 Ye shall no H3808 NADV more H3254 give H5414 L-VQFC the people H5971 straw H8401 to make H3835 brick H3843 , as heretofore H8543 : let them H1992 PPRO-3MP go H1980 and gather H7197 straw H8401 for themselves .
8 And the tale H4971 of the bricks H3843 , which H834 RPRO they H1992 PPRO-3MP did make H6213 heretofore H8543 , ye shall lay H7760 upon H5921 PREP them ; ye shall not H3808 NADV diminish H1639 aught thereof H4480 M-PREP-3MS : for H3588 CONJ they H1992 PPRO-3MP be idle H7503 ; therefore H3651 ADV they H1992 PPRO-3MP cry H6817 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Let us go H1980 and sacrifice H2076 to our God H430 .
9 Let there more work be laid H3513 upon H5921 PREP the men H376 D-NMP , that they may labor H6213 therein ; and let them not H408 W-NPAR regard H8159 vain H8267 words H1697 .
10 And the taskmasters H5065 of the people H5971 went out H3318 W-VQY3MP , and their officers H7860 , and they spoke H559 W-VQY3MP to H413 PREP the people H5971 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS Pharaoh H6547 EMS , I will not H369 give H5414 VQPMS you straw H8401 .
11 Go H1980 VQI2MP ye H859 PPRO-2MS , get H3947 you straw H8401 where H834 ye can find H4672 it : yet H3588 CONJ not H369 NPAR aught H1697 of your work H5656 shall be diminished H1639 .
12 So the people H5971 were scattered abroad H6327 W-VHYMS throughout all H3605 B-CMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 to gather H7197 stubble H7179 NMS instead of straw H8401 .
13 And the taskmasters H5065 hasted H213 them , saying H559 L-VQFC , Fulfill H3615 your works H4639 , your daily H3117 NMS tasks H1697 CMS , as when H834 K-RPRO there was H1961 straw H8401 .
14 And the officers H7860 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , which H834 RPRO Pharaoh H6547 EMS \'s taskmasters H5065 had set H7760 VQQ3MP over H5921 them , were beaten H5221 , and demanded H559 L-VQFC , Wherefore H4069 IPRO have ye not H3808 NADV fulfilled H3615 your task H2706 in making brick H3835 both H1571 CONJ yesterday H8543 and H1571 CONJ today H3117 D-NMS , as heretofore H8543 ?
15 Then the officers H7860 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 W-VQY3MP and cried H6817 unto H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS , saying H559 L-VQFC , Wherefore H4100 L-IPRO dealest H6213 thou thus H3541 with thy servants H5650 ?
16 There is no H369 NPAR straw H8401 given H5414 unto thy servants H5650 , and they say H559 to us , Make H6213 brick H3843 : and , behold H2009 IJEC , thy servants H5650 are beaten H5221 ; but the fault H2398 is in thine own people H5971 .
17 But he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Ye H859 PPRO-2MS are idle H7503 , ye are idle H7503 : therefore H3651 ADV ye H859 PPRO-2MS say H559 W-VQY3MS , Let us go H1980 and do sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 L-NAME-4MS .
18 Go H1980 VQI2MP therefore now H6258 W-ADV , and work H5647 ; for there shall no H3808 NADV straw H8401 be given H5414 you , yet shall ye deliver H5414 the tale H8506 of bricks H3843 NMP .
19 And the officers H7860 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did see H7200 W-VQY3MP that they were in evil H7451 case , after it was said H559 L-VQFC , Ye shall not H3808 NADV minish H1639 aught from your bricks H3843 of your daily H3117 NMS task H1697 CMS .
20 And they met H6293 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 , who stood H5324 in the way H7125 , as they came forth H3318 from Pharaoh H6547 EMS :
21 And they said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP-3MS them , The LORD H3068 EDS look H7200 VQI3MS upon H5921 PREP-2MP you , and judge H8199 ; because H834 RPRO ye have made our savor H7381 to be abhorred H887 in the eyes H5869 B-CMP of Pharaoh H6547 EMS , and in the eyes H5869 of his servants H5650 , to put H5414 a sword H2719 GFS in their hand H3027 to slay H2026 us .
22 And Moses H4872 returned H7725 unto H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Lord H136 EDS , wherefore H4100 L-IPRO hast thou so evil entreated H7489 this H2088 D-PMS people H5971 ? why H4100 L-IPRO is it H2088 PMS that thou hast sent H7971 me ?
23 For since H227 I came H935 to H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS to speak H1696 in thy name H8034 , he hath done evil H7489 to this H2088 D-PMS people H5971 ; neither H3808 NADV hast thou delivered H5337 thy people H5971 at all H5337 .