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Exodus 5

Exodus 5 records the first direct confrontation with Pharaoh. Moses and Aaron deliver the LORD’s command to let Israel go and hold a feast in the wilderness. Pharaoh responds, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice?” and refuses. He then increases the people’s burden by requiring the same brick quota without supplying straw. Israelite officers are beaten, blame Moses and Aaron, and Moses turns back to the LORD asking why the situation has become worse. The chapter deliberately ends before the answer, showing that obedience to God can initially intensify opposition rather than produce immediate relief.

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Exodus 5 records the first direct confrontation with Pharaoh. Moses and Aaron deliver the LORD’s command to let Israel go and hold a feast in the wilderness. Pharaoh responds, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice?” and refuses. He then increases the people’s burden by requiring the same brick quota without supplying straw. Israelite officers are beaten, blame Moses and Aaron, and Moses turns back to the LORD asking why the situation has become worse. The chapter deliberately ends before the answer, showing that obedience to God can initially intensify opposition rather than produce immediate relief.

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Verses 1–5Moses and Aaron ask Pharaoh to let Israel goVerses 6–14Pharaoh increases Israel's burdensVerses 15–19The officers of Israel complain to PharaohVerses 20–23The officers blame Moses and Moses cries to the LORD
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1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh,…2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should…3And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met…4And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do…5And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now…6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the…7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make…8And the tale of the bricks, which they did make…9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that…10And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their…11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it:…12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land…13And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your…14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's…15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and…16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they…17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore…18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw…19And the officers of the children of Israel did see…20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the…21And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you,…22And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore…23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy…