Exodus 5:8
You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’Exodus 5:8 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — નિર્ગમન ૫:૮
- વળી ધ્યાન રાખજો કે, અત્યાર સુધી તેઓ જેટલી ઈંટો બનાવતા આવ્યા છે એમાં ઘટાડો થવો જોઈએ નહિ. હવે એ લોકો આળસુ થઈ ગયા છે. તેથી બૂમો પાડે છે કે, અમને અમારા ઈશ્વરને યજ્ઞો કરવા જવા દો.
- हिन्दी — निर्गमन ५:८
- तो भी जितनी ईंटें अब तक उन्हें बनानी पड़ती थीं उतनी ही आगे को भी उनसे बनवाना, ईंटों की गिनती कुछ भी न घटाना; क्योंकि वे आलसी हैं; इस कारण वे यह कहकर चिल्लाते हैं, ‘हम जाकर अपने परमेश्वर के लिये बलिदान करें।’
In context
6The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
7“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’
9Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
10The taskmasters of the people went out with their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you straw.
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