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Exodus 5:1-10

1AndafterwardMosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872andAaronוְאַהֲרֹ֔ןve.'a.ha.RonH175cameH935,andsaidH559untoPharaohפַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhH6547,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Letmypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971goH935,thattheymayholdafeastuntomeinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ba.mid.BarH4057.

2AndPharaohפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547saidH559,WhoisJehovah,thatIshouldhearken untohisvoiceבְּקֹל֔וֹbe.ko.LoH6963toletIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478goלְשַׁלַּ֖חle.sha.LachH7971?Iknowיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiH3045notJehovah,andmoreoverIwillnotletIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478goאֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃'a.sha.Le.achH7971.

3AndtheysaidH559,TheGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheHebrewsהָעִבְרִ֖יםha.'iv.RimH5680hathmetH7122withus:letusgo,wepraythee,threeשְׁלֹ֨שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969days’יָמִ֜יםya.MimH3117journeyדֶּרֶךְ֩de.reKhH1870intothewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.BarH4057,andsacrificeוְנִזְבְּחָה֙ve.niz.be.ChahH2076untoJehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,lestפֶּ֨ן־Pen-H6435hefallיִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּyif.ga.'E.nuH6293uponuswithpestilenceבַּדֶּ֖בֶרba.De.verH1698,orwiththeswordבֶחָֽרֶב׃ve.Cha.revH2719.

4Andthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714saidH559untothem, Whereforedoye,Mosesמֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehH4872andAaronוְאַהֲרֹ֔ןve.'a.ha.RonH175, loosethepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971fromtheirworksמִמַּֽעֲשָׂ֑יוmi.ma.'a.SavH4639? getyouuntoyourburdens.

5AndPharaohפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547saidH559,Behold,thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776arenowעַתָּ֖ה'a.TahH6258manyרַבִּ֥יםra.BimH7227,andye makethemrestfromtheirburdens.

6Andthesamedayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547commandedוַיְצַ֥וvay.TzavH6680thetaskmastersהַנֹּגְשִׂ֣יםha.no.ge.SimH5065ofthepeopleבָּעָ֔םba.'AmH5971,andtheirofficersH7860,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

7Yeshallnomoregiveלָתֵ֨תla.TetH5414thepeopleלָעָ֛םla.'AmH5971strawתֶּ֧בֶןTe.venH8401tomakeH5414brickהַלְּבֵנִ֖יםha.le.ve.NimH3843,asheretofore:letthemgoandgatherstrawתֶּֽבֶן׃Te.venH8401forthemselves.

8Andthenumberofthebricksהַלְּבֵנִ֜יםha.le.ve.NimH3843,whichtheydidmakeH7760heretofore, yeshalllayuponthem; yeshallnotdiminish aught thereof:fortheyareidle;thereforeH3651theycryצֹֽעֲקִים֙tzo.'a.KimH6817,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,LetusgoH7503andsacrificeנִזְבְּחָ֥הniz.be.ChahH2076toourGodלֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃le.lo.Hei.nuH430.

9Letheavierתִּכְבַּ֧דtikh.BadH3513workH5656belaiduponthemenH376,thattheymaylaborהָעֲבֹדָ֛הha.'a.vo.DahH5656therein;andletthemnotregardlyingH8267wordsבְּדִבְרֵי־be.div.rei-H1697.

10Andthetaskmastersנֹגְשֵׂ֤יno.ge.SeiH5065ofthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971wentH3318out,andtheirofficersH7860,andtheyspaketothepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971,sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saithPharaohפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547,IwillnotgiveH5414youstrawתֶּֽבֶן׃Te.venH8401.

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