Exodus 5-6 (New American Standard Bible)
Exodus 5
Israel's Labor Increased
1And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, "(A)Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, '(B)Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.'"
2But Pharaoh said, "(C)Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, (D)I will not let Israel go."
3Then they said, "(E)The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword."
4But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your (F)labors!"
5Again Pharaoh said, "Look, (G)the people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!"
6So the same day Pharaoh commanded (H)the taskmasters over the people and their (I)foremen, saying,
7"You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8"But the quota of bricks which they were making previously, you shall impose on them; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are (J)lazy, therefore they cry out, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
9"Let the labor be heavier on the men, and let them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words."
10So (K)the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I am not going to give you any straw.
11'You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but none of your labor will be reduced.'"
12So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
13The taskmasters pressed them, saying, "Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw."
14Moreover, (L)the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, (M)were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?"
15Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
16"There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, 'Make bricks!' And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people."
17But he said, "You are (N)lazy, very lazy; therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'
18"So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks."
19The foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble because they were told, "You must not reduce your daily amount of bricks."
20When they left Pharaoh's presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were waiting for them.
21(O)They said to them, "(P)May the LORD look upon you and judge you, for you have (Q)made [a]us odious in Pharaoh's sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."
22Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, "(R)O Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me?
23"Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, (S)and You have not delivered Your people at all."
Exodus 6
God Promises Action
1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for (T)under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land."
2God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am (U)the LORD;
3and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as (V)God Almighty, but by (W)My name, [b]LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.
4"I also established (X)My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.
5"Furthermore I have (Y)heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
6"Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, '(Z)I am the LORD, and (AA)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage I will also (AB)redeem you with (AC)an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
7'Then I will take you (AD)for My people, and (AE)I will be your God; and (AF)you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
8'I will bring you to the land which (AG)I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and (AH)I will give it to you for a possession; (AI)I am the LORD.'"
9So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on (AJ)account of their despondency and cruel bondage.
10Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
11"(AK)Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land."
12But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; (AL)how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am (AM)unskilled in speech?"
13Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
The Heads of Israel
14These are the heads of their fathers' households. (AN)The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
15The (AO)sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon.
16These are the names of (AP)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.
17(AQ)The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
18(AR)The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath's life was one hundred and thirty-three years.
19(AS)The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
20(AT)Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.
21(AU)The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.
22(AV)The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.
23Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of (AW)Amminadab, the sister of (AX)Nahshon, and she bore him (AY)Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24The (AZ)sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
25Aaron's son (BA)Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him (BB)Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites according to their families.
26It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "(BC)Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their (BD)hosts."
27They were the ones (BE)who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.
28Now it came about on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "(BF)I am the LORD; (BG)speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."
30But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am (BH)unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"
Footnotes:
a.Exodus 5:21 Lit our savor to stink
b.Exodus 6:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Cross references:
A.Exodus 5:1 : Ex 3:18
B.Exodus 5:1 : Ex 4:23; 6:11; 7:16
C.Exodus 5:2 : 2 Kin 18:35; 2 Chr 32:14; Job 21:15
D.Exodus 5:2 : Ex 3:19
E.Exodus 5:3 : Ex 3:18
F.Exodus 5:4 : Ex 1:11; 2:11; 6:5-7
G.Exodus 5:5 : Ex 1:7, 9
H.Exodus 5:6 : Ex 1:11; 3:7; 5:10, 13, 14
I.Exodus 5:6 : Ex 5:10, 14, 15, 19
J.Exodus 5:8 : Ex 5:17
K.Exodus 5:10 : Ex 1:11; 3:7; 5:6
L.Exodus 5:14 : Ex 5:6
M.Exodus 5:14 : Is 10:24
N.Exodus 5:17 : Ex 5:8
O.Exodus 5:21 : Ex 14:11; 15:24; 16:2
P.Exodus 5:21 : Gen 16:5; 31:53
Q.Exodus 5:21 : Gen 34:30; 1 Sam 13:4; 27:12; 2 Sam 10:6; 1 Chr 19:6
R.Exodus 5:22 : Num 11:11; Jer 4:10
S.Exodus 5:23 : Ex 3:8
T.Exodus 6:1 : Ex 3:19, 20; 7:4, 5; 11:1; 12:31, 33, 39; 13:3
U.Exodus 6:2 : Ex 3:14, 15
V.Exodus 6:3 : Gen 17:1; 35:11; 48:3
W.Exodus 6:3 : Ps 68:4; 83:18; Is 52:6; Jer 16:21; Ezek 37:6, 13
X.Exodus 6:4 : Gen 12:7; 15:18; 17:4, 7; 26:3, 4; 28:4, 13
Y.Exodus 6:5 : Ex 2:24
Z.Exodus 6:6 : Ex 13:3, 14; 20:2; Deut 6:12
AA.Exodus 6:6 : Ex 3:17; 7:4; 12:51; 16:6; 18:1; Deut 26:8; Ps 136:11
AB.Exodus 6:6 : Ex 15:13; Deut 7:8; 1 Chr 17:21; Neh 1:10
AC.Exodus 6:6 : Deut 4:34; 5:15; 26:8; Ps 136:11
AD.Exodus 6:7 : Ex 19:5; Deut 4:20; 7:6; 2 Sam 7:24
AE.Exodus 6:7 : Gen 17:7; Ex 29:45; Lev 11:45; 26:12, 13, 45; Deut 29:13
AF.Exodus 6:7 : Ex 16:12; Is 41:20; 49:23, 26; 60:16
AG.Exodus 6:8 : Gen 15:18; 26:3; Num 14:30; Neh 9:15; Ezek 20:5, 6
AH.Exodus 6:8 : Josh 24:13; Ps 136:21, 22
AI.Exodus 6:8 : Ex 6:6
AJ.Exodus 6:9 : Ex 2:23
AK.Exodus 6:11 : Ex 4:22, 23
AL.Exodus 6:12 : Ex 4:1, 10; 6:30
AM.Exodus 6:12 : Jer 1:6
AN.Exodus 6:14 : Gen 46:9; Num 26:5-11; 1 Chr 5:3
AO.Exodus 6:15 : Gen 46:10; 1 Chr 4:24
AP.Exodus 6:16 : Gen 46:11; Num 3:17; 26:57; 1 Chr 6:1, 16-19
AQ.Exodus 6:17 : Num 3:18-20; 1 Chr 6:17-19
AR.Exodus 6:18 : Num 3:19; 1 Chr 6:2, 18
AS.Exodus 6:19 : Num 3:20; 1 Chr 6:19; 23:21
AT.Exodus 6:20 : Ex 2:1, 2; Num 26:59
AU.Exodus 6:21 : Num 16:1; 1 Chr 6:37, 38
AV.Exodus 6:22 : Lev 10:4; Num 3:30
AW.Exodus 6:23 : Ruth 4:19, 20; 1 Chr 2:10
AX.Exodus 6:23 : Num 1:7; 2:3
AY.Exodus 6:23 : Lev 10:1; Num 3:2; 26:60; 1 Chr 6:3; 24:1
AZ.Exodus 6:24 : Num 26:11; 1 Chr 6:22, 23, 37
BA.Exodus 6:25 : Josh 24:33
BB.Exodus 6:25 : Num 25:7-13; Josh 24:33; Ps 106:30
BC.Exodus 6:26 : Ex 3:10; 6:13
BD.Exodus 6:26 : Ex 7:4; 12:17, 51
BE.Exodus 6:27 : Ex 5:1
BF.Exodus 6:29 : Ex 6:2, 6, 8
BG.Exodus 6:29 : Ex 6:11; 7:2
BH.Exodus 6:30 : Ex 4:10; 6:12; Jer 1:6
Today, as I was driving home from my Symphonic Band class, I was worshipping God with my stereo just about as loud as I could stand it, God wanted me to slow down to 55mph (I was driving on the freeway). God wanted me to worship Him for an extra couple of minutes....and I can't blame Him....lately, my only worshipping has been driving to and from school and to work....pretty much only when I drive and at church. This Lent I am trying to spend more time with God.
God Bless you guys and this week, try to get extra time with God.
Cody Marie
