Exodus 5:17
But he said, Ye idle, idle: therefore ye say, Let us go do sacrifice to the Yahuah.
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Context
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, therefore dealest you thus with your servants?
16 There is no straw given unto your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants beaten; but the fault in your own people.
17 But he said, Ye idle, idle: therefore ye say, Let us go do sacrifice to the Yahuah.
18 Go therefore now, work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see they in evil , after it was said, Ye shall not minish from your bricks of your daily task.