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Exodus 5:17

King James Version (KJV)

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But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD.

Exodus 5:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Exodus 5:17

Theological / Devotional

Ye are idle. Pharaoh seems to have been pleased with his happy thought of interpreting as idleness the desire of the Israelites to worship their God. He apparently considered it clever to accuse overworked people of being lazy and of employing religion as an excuse for it.

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