Scripture · Old Testament
Exodus 5:15
Exodus 5:15 is verse 15 of Exodus chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
King James Version
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
World English Bible
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?
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Exodus 5:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
14 Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
15 So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
16 No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
17 “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
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