They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks(A) and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone,(B) and tar(C) for mortar.

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And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

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“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks;(A) let them go and gather their own straw.

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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota.(A) They are lazy;(B) that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’(C)

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And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

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18 Now get to work.(A) You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

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18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

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