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Exodus 5:3-10

What meaning of the exodus 5:3-10 in the Bible?

What does Exodus 5:3-10 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.

  • Exodus 5:3

    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.

  • Exodus 5:4

    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.

  • Exodus 5:5

    And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

  • Exodus 5:6

    And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

  • Exodus 5:7

    Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

  • Exodus 5:8

    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.

  • Exodus 5:9

    Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

  • Exodus 5:10

    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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