Exodus 5:17

New American Standard Bible 1995 with Strong Numbers

But he said,"You are lazy,[very] lazy;thereforeyou say,'Let us go[and] sacrificeto the LORD.'

Cross References

Exodus 5:16

"Thereis nostrawgivento your servants,yet they keep sayingto us, 'Makebricks!'And behold,your servantsare being beaten;but it is the faultof your [own] people."

Exodus 5:18

"So gonow[and] work;for you will be givennostraw,yet you must deliverthe quotaof bricks."

Exodus 5:8

"But the quotaof brickswhichthey were makingpreviously,you shall imposeon them; you are not to reduceanyof it. Becausethey are lazy,thereforethey cryout, 'Let us goand sacrificeto our God.'

Matthew 26:8

But the discipleswere indignantwhen they saw[this], and said,"Whythiswaste?

John 6:27

"Do not workfor the foodwhich perishes,but for the foodwhich enduresto eternallife,whichthe Sonof Manwill giveto you, for on Him the Father,God,has set His seal."