Exodus 5:5

New International Reader's Version

Pharaoh continued, “There are large numbers of your people in the land. But you are stopping them from working.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:14

Instead, he followed the advice of the young men. He said, “My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.”

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father put a heavy load on your shoulders. But I’ll make it even heavier. My father beat you with whips. But I’ll beat you with bigger whips.’ ”

Exodus 2:11

Moses grew up. One day, he went out to where his own people were. He watched them while they were hard at work. He saw an Egyptian hitting a Hebrew man. The man was one of Moses’ own people.

Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s glory. But a prince without followers is destroyed.