Exodus 5:5

And Pharaoh said, Behold now, the people is very numerous; let us not then give them rest from their work.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

In Context

4And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works.

6And Pharaoh gave orders to the taskmasters of the people and the accountants, saying,

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Cross References

Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.

Proverbs 14:28In a populous nation is the glory of a king: 1 But in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince. 1

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:4-10

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the… Read the whole commentary →

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