"And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now {are} many, and ye make them rest from their burdens." — Exodus 5:5

Exodus 5:5 · KJV

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

— Exodus 5:5

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.

Verse 6

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

Exodus 5 — Context

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.

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.

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

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

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

Cross References

Exodus 1:7-11

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people {is} the king's honour: but in the want of people {is} the destruction of the prince.