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    "language": "en",
    "book": "exodus",
    "chapter": 5
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    "n": 5,
    "bookSlug": "exodus",
    "bookCode": "EXO",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "EXO-5:1",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.1",
        "text": "And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "EXO-5:2",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.2",
        "text": "And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "EXO-5:3",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.3",
        "text": "And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days` journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "EXO-5:4",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.4",
        "text": "And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works? get you unto your burdens."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "EXO-5:5",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.5",
        "text": "And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "EXO-5:6",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.6",
        "text": "And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "EXO-5:7",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.7",
        "text": "Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "EXO-5:8",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.8",
        "text": "And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "EXO-5:9",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.9",
        "text": "Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "EXO-5:10",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.10",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "EXO-5:11",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.11",
        "text": "Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "EXO-5:12",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.12",
        "text": "So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "EXO-5:13",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.13",
        "text": "And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "EXO-5:14",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.14",
        "text": "And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh`s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?"
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "EXO-5:15",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.15",
        "text": "Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?"
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "EXO-5:16",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.16",
        "text": "There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault it in thine own people."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "EXO-5:17",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.17",
        "text": "But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "EXO-5:18",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.18",
        "text": "Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "EXO-5:19",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.19",
        "text": "And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, [your] daily tasks."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "EXO-5:20",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.20",
        "text": "And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:"
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "EXO-5:21",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.21",
        "text": "and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor 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."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "EXO-5:22",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.22",
        "text": "And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?"
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "EXO-5:23",
        "verseRef": "Exod.5.23",
        "text": "For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath dealt ill with this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all."
      }
    ]
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