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And Pharao said: The people of the land is numerous: you see that the multitude is increased: how much more if you give them rest from their works?

Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:

You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before: but let them go and gather straw.

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Then Pharaoh said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous,(A) and you are stopping them from working.”

That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers(B) and overseers in charge of the people: “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;(C) let them go and gather their own straw.

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