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Exodus 5:15-18

15Then theofficersשֹֽׁטְרֵי֙sho.te.ReiH7860of thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478cameוַיָּבֹ֗אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935andcriedוַיִּצְעֲק֥וּvai.yitz.'a.KuH6817untoPharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Wherefore dealest thouthusכֹ֖הkhohH3541with thyservantsלַעֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃la.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650?

16There isnoאֵ֤ין'einH369strawתֶּ֗בֶןTe.venH8401givenH5414unto thyservantsלַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָla.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650, and theysayאֹמְרִ֥ים'o.me.RimH559tousH5414,MakeH5414brickוּלְבֵנִ֛יםu.le.ve.NimH3843: and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֧הve.hi.NehH2009, thyservantsעֲבָדֶ֛יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650arebeatenמֻכִּ֖יםmu.KimH5221; but thefaultוְחָטָ֥אתve.cha.TatH2398is in thine ownpeopleעַמֶּֽךָ׃'a.Me.khaH5971.

17But hesaidוַיֹּ֛אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore yesayאֹֽמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559,Letנִרְפִּ֥יםnir.PimH7503usעַל־'al-H5921goנִרְפִּ֑יםnir.PimH7503andsacrificeנִזְבְּחָ֥הniz.be.ChahH2076to theLORDלַֽיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

18Go thereforenowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258, andworkעִבְד֔וּ'iv.DuH5647; for there shallnoלֹא־lo'-H3808strawוְתֶ֖בֶןve.Te.venH8401begivenH5414youH5414, yet shall yedeliverH5414the tale ofbricksלְבֵנִ֖יםle.ve.NimH3843.

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