Exodus 5:8 meaning and explanation
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
Exodus 5:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Pharaoh is speaking to his taskmasters after Moses and Aaron asked him to let Israel go. He accuses the Israelites of laziness and orders that they keep the same brick quota while gathering their own straw.
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