Exodus 5:17 meaning and explanation
“You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
Exodus 5:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Pharaoh is answering the Israelite foremen, who have just protested that their crews are beaten for missing the brick quota when no straw is supplied. Rather than address the injustice, he repeats the charge "slackers" and ties their request for worship to laziness.
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