Exodus 5:8
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And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

tale.

ye shall lay.

Psalm 106:41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they that hated them had dominion over them.

Context
Bricks and Straw
7You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw. 8And you shall lay upon them the task of bricks, which they did before; neither shall you diminish any thing thereof, for they are idle, and therefore they cry. saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.9Let them be oppressed with works, and let them fulfil them; that they may not regard lying words.…
Cross References
Exodus 5:7
You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw.

Exodus 5:9
Let them be oppressed with works, and let them fulfil them; that they may not regard lying words.

Exodus 5:17
And he said: You are idle, and therefore you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.

Exodus 5:19
And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in evil case, because it was said to them: There shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for every day.

Lexicon
But require
תָּשִׂ֣ימוּ (tā·śî·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

of them
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the same quota
מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת (maṯ·kō·neṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4971: Measurement, tally, proportion

of bricks
הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים (hal·lə·ḇê·nîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3843: Brick, tile

as
הֵם֩ (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

before;
תְּמ֤וֹל (tə·mō·wl)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8543: Ago, a, time since, yesterday, day before yesterday

do not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

reduce it.
תִגְרְע֖וּ (ṯiḡ·rə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1639: To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they
הֵ֔ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

are lazy;
נִרְפִּ֣ים (nir·pîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7503: Sink, relax

that is why
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

they
הֵ֤ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

are crying out,
צֹֽעֲקִים֙ (ṣō·‘ă·qîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

‘Let us go
נֵלְכָ֖ה (nê·lə·ḵāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

and sacrifice
נִזְבְּחָ֥ה (niz·bə·ḥāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

to our God.’
לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (lê·lō·hê·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, you shall lay on them; you shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

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

And thou shalt impose on them daily the rate of brick-making which they perform: thou shalt not abate anything, for they are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.

And the number of the bricks they have made heretofore shall ye lay upon them: ye shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to our God.

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

And the number of the bricks which they made heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle: therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'

and the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God;
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