"Go therefore now, {and} work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks." — Exodus 5:18

Exodus 5:18 · KJV

“Go therefore now, {and} work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.”

— Exodus 5:18

But he said, Ye {are} idle, {ye are} idle: therefore ye say, Let us go {and} do sacrifice to the LORD.

And the officers of the children of Israel did see {that} they {were} in evil {case}, after it was said, Ye shall not minish {ought} from your bricks of your daily task.

Exodus 5 — Context

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants {are} beaten; but the fault {is} in thine own people.

But he said, Ye {are} idle, {ye are} idle: therefore ye say, Let us go {and} do sacrifice to the LORD.

Go therefore now, {and} work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

And the officers of the children of Israel did see {that} they {were} in evil {case}, after it was said, Ye shall not minish {ought} from your bricks of your daily task.

And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

Cross References

Ezekiel 18:18

{As for} his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did {that} which {is} not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

Daniel 2:9-13

But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, {there is but} one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.