Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are so numerous, and you would stop them from working.”(A)

Further Oppression of Israel

That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers(B) of the people as well as their foremen: “Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.

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Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous,(A) and you are stopping them from working.”

That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers(B) and overseers in charge of the people: “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;(C) let them go and gather their own straw.

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