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Exodus
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Exodus

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In this chapter the Israelites are forced to work for the Egyptians, leaving their fields and laboring in the fields of the land of Egypt. Pharaoh orders them to leave their work and to serve the king, reflecting the growing tension between the people and their oppressor. The narrative highlights the Israelites' suffering and their determination to remain free.

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(1) And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
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I Kings 21:20Psalms 119:46Ezekiel 2:6Jonah 3:3Jonah 3:4Matthew 10:18Matthew 10:28Acts 4:29Exodus 10:9Isaiah 25:6I Corinthians 5:8

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Genesis 41:25Deuteronomy 16:16II Chronicles 8:13

(2) And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
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Exodus 3:19II Kings 18:35II Chronicles 32:15II Chronicles 32:19Job 21:15Psalms 10:4Psalms 12:4Psalms 14:1I Samuel 2:12John 16:3Romans 1:28II Thessalonians 1:8

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Genesis 41:25

(3) And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
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Exodus 3:18Deuteronomy 28:21II Kings 17:25II Chronicles 30:8Ezra 7:23Ezekiel 6:11Zechariah 14:16Zechariah 14:17Zechariah 14:18Zechariah 14:19

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Exodus 3:18Numbers 11:31Exodus 34:15I Samuel 16:5Ezekiel 39:17

(4) And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
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Jeremiah 38:4Amos 7:10Luke 23:2Acts 16:20Acts 16:21Acts 24:5Exodus 1:11

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Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16James 2:18

(5) And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
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Exodus 1:7Exodus 1:8Exodus 1:9Exodus 1:10Exodus 1:11Proverbs 14:28

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Genesis 41:25

(6) And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
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Exodus 5:10Exodus 5:13Exodus 5:15Exodus 5:19Exodus 1:11Proverbs 12:10Numbers 11:16Deuteronomy 1:15Deuteronomy 16:18Joshua 8:33Joshua 24:1Joshua 24:4

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Genesis 41:25Exodus 5:10

(7) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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Genesis 24:25Judges 19:19

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Exodus 5:12Exodus 5:16

(8) 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.
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Psalms 106:41

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I Timothy 5:13Exodus 5:17I Samuel 16:5Ezekiel 39:17

(9) 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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II Kings 18:20Job 16:3Jeremiah 43:2Zechariah 1:6Malachi 3:14Ephesians 5:6

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Revelation 10:6Psalms 127:1

(10) 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.
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Exodus 1:11Proverbs 29:12

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Genesis 41:25Exodus 5:6

(11) Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
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Exodus 5:13Exodus 5:14

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I Samuel 9:13Ecclesiastes 8:17

(12) So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
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Exodus 15:7Isaiah 5:24Isaiah 47:14Joel 2:5Nahum 1:10Obadiah 1:18I Corinthians 3:12

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Isaiah 3:24Exodus 5:7John 11:52Acts 8:1

(13) And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
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Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16James 2:18

(14) 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?
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Genesis 40:11

(15) Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
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Genesis 41:25Genesis 41:55Exodus 8:12

(16) 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.
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Exodus 5:7Deuteronomy 25:2

(17) But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
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Matthew 26:8John 6:27II Thessalonians 3:10II Thessalonians 3:11

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Matthew 20:6I Timothy 5:13Exodus 5:8I Samuel 16:5Ezekiel 39:17

(18) Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
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Ezekiel 18:18Daniel 2:9Daniel 2:10Daniel 2:11Daniel 2:12Daniel 2:13

(19) And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
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Deuteronomy 32:36Ecclesiastes 4:1Ecclesiastes 5:8

(20) And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
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Genesis 41:25

(21) And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
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Exodus 4:31Exodus 6:9Genesis 16:5Ecclesiastes 10:1Joel 2:20II Corinthians 2:15II Corinthians 2:16Genesis 34:30I Samuel 13:4I Samuel 27:12II Samuel 10:6I Chronicles 19:6

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Exodus 2:15I Samuel 2:25Genesis 41:25

(22) And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
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Exodus 17:4I Samuel 30:6Psalms 73:25Jeremiah 12:1Numbers 11:14Numbers 11:15I Kings 19:4I Kings 19:10Jeremiah 20:7Habakkuk 2:3

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I Samuel 1:8

(23) For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
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Psalms 118:26Jeremiah 11:21John 5:43Isaiah 26:17Isaiah 26:18Isaiah 28:16Hebrews 10:36Hebrews 10:37

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Exodus 18:10Genesis 41:25

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