Exodus 5:9 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Give these men even more work to do so they stay busy with their labor, and don't let them pay attention to empty promises.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Pharaoh is ordering his overseers to increase the Israelites' workload so they'll be too exhausted to listen to Moses and Aaron's message about freedom.

📚 Historical Context

This command comes from Pharaoh after Moses and Aaron first approached him asking to let the Israelites go worship God in the wilderness. Pharaoh refused and became angry, viewing their request as laziness and Moses' words as troublemaking lies that were distracting his slave workforce.

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