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Exodus 5:5-9

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.

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