## Exodus Chapter 5

###### Exodus 5:1
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וְאַחַ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י וְיָחֹ֥גּוּ לִ֖י בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Afterwards Moshe and Aharon went and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Adonoy, God of Yisrael said, ‘Send My people, so they may celebrate a festival to Me in the wilderness.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And afterwards Moshe and Aharon went in, and told Par῾o, Thus says the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And afterwards Moses and Aaron came [(but the elders, in fear of going, fell off one by one)], and they said to Pharaoh: Thus said the L-rd, the G-d of Israel: Send My people that they may make a festival unto Me in the desert.


###### Exodus 5:2
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה מִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹל֔וֹ לְשַׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לֹ֤א יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְגַ֥ם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonoy that I should obey his voice, to let Yisrael go. I do not know Adonoy, nor will I let [the B’nei] Yisrael go.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Yisra᾽el go? I know not the Lord, nor will I let Yisra᾽el go.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh said: Who is the L-rd that I should hearken to His voice to send out Israel? I do not know the L-rd and I shall also not send out Israel.


###### Exodus 5:3
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וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הָעִבְרִ֖ים נִקְרָ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ נֵ֣לְכָה נָּ֡א דֶּ֩רֶךְ֩ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת יָמִ֜ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וְנִזְבְּחָה֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ פֶּ֨ן־יִפְגָּעֵ֔נוּ בַּדֶּ֖בֶר א֥וֹ בֶחָֽרֶב׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They said [to him], “The God of the Hebrews has revealed Himself to us. Please allow us to take a three day journey into the wilderness, and let us sacrifice to Adonoy, our God, lest He strike us with the plague or with the sword.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they said: The G-d of the Hebrews revealed Himself to us. Let us go, we pray you, a three days' distance in the desert and sacrifice to the L-rd our G-d lest He smite us [(instead of "smite you," in deference to royalty)] with pestilence or with the sword.


###### Exodus 5:4
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לָ֚מָּה מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן תַּפְרִ֥יעוּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם מִֽמַּעֲשָׂ֑יו לְכ֖וּ לְסִבְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The king of Egypt said to them, “Why, Moshe and Aharon, are you distracting the people from their work? Get back to your burdens.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the king of Miżrayim said to them, Why do you, Moshe and Aharon, distract the people from their works? get you to your burdens.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the king of Egypt said to them: Why, Moses and Aaron, would you distance the people from their work? Go to your labors [at home (the tribe of Levi being exempt from the servitude of Egypt)].


###### Exodus 5:5
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֔ה הֵן־רַבִּ֥ים עַתָּ֖ה עַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִשְׁבַּתֶּ֥ם אֹתָ֖ם מִסִּבְלֹתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Then Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you want them to take leave from their hard work.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o, said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh said: The people of the land are many now, and you would quit them of their toils.


###### Exodus 5:6
[Exodus 5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:6)

וַיְצַ֥ו פַּרְעֹ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֶת־הַנֹּגְשִׂ֣ים בָּעָ֔ם וְאֶת־שֹׁטְרָ֖יו לֵאמֹֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
That day, Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o the same day commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh commanded on that day the taskmasters [Egyptians] of the people and its officers [Hebrews], saying:


###### Exodus 5:7
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לֹ֣א תֹאסִפ֞וּן לָתֵ֨ת תֶּ֧בֶן לָעָ֛ם לִלְבֹּ֥ן הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים כִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם הֵ֚ם יֵֽלְכ֔וּ וְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם תֶּֽבֶן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks as before. Let them go gather [their own] straw,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not continue to give stubble to the people [to knead with clay] to make bricks as heretofore. Let them go and collect stubble for themselves.


###### Exodus 5:8
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וְאֶת־מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵם֩ עֹשִׂ֨ים תְּמ֤וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם֙ תָּשִׂ֣ימוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תִגְרְע֖וּ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ כִּֽי־נִרְפִּ֣ים הֵ֔ם עַל־כֵּ֗ן הֵ֤ם צֹֽעֲקִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר נֵלְכָ֖ה נִזְבְּחָ֥ה לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
[And] the quota of bricks that they made before, you shall place upon them; do not reduce it, for they are lazy and therefore they cry out, saying, ‘We want to go sacrifice to our God.’

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the quantity of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish aught of it: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the quota of bricks which they made heretofore you shall impose upon them. Do not reduce it. For they are idling. That is why are they crying out: "Let us go and sacrifice to our G-d!"


###### Exodus 5:9
[Exodus 5:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:9)

תִּכְבַּ֧ד הָעֲבֹדָ֛ה עַל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים וְיַעֲשׂוּ־בָ֑הּ וְאַל־יִשְׁע֖וּ בְּדִבְרֵי־שָֽׁקֶר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Make the workload heavier on the men, and make them do it. Let them not talk about false ideas.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour in it; and let them not regard vain words.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the labor be heavy on the men and let them do it, and let them not speak vain words.


###### Exodus 5:10
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וַיֵּ֨צְא֜וּ נֹגְשֵׂ֤י הָעָם֙ וְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֶל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֵינֶ֛נִּי נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם תֶּֽבֶן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They went out—the taskmasters of the people and their officers—and spoke to the people, saying, “This is what Pharaoh said, ‘I will no longer give you straw.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Par῾o, I will not give you straw.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and its officers, and they said to the people: Thus has Pharaoh said: I shall not give you stubble.


###### Exodus 5:11
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אַתֶּ֗ם לְכ֨וּ קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ תֶּ֔בֶן מֵאֲשֶׁ֖ר תִּמְצָ֑אוּ כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין נִגְרָ֛ע מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶ֖ם דָּבָֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You must go get your own straw wherever you can find it, but your workload must not be reduced.’”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Go, get you straw wherever you can find it: yet nothing of your work shall be diminished.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You, go [quickly]; take for yourselves stubble wherever you find it. For nothing must be diminished from your work [quota].


###### Exodus 5:12
[Exodus 5:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:12)

וַיָּ֥פֶץ הָעָ֖ם בְּכׇל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ קַ֖שׁ לַתֶּֽבֶן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The people spread out all over Egypt to gather grain-chaff for straw.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Miżrayim to gather stubble for straw.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the people spread out throughout the land of Egypt to gather straw for the stubble.


###### Exodus 5:13
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וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים אָצִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּלּ֤וּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּהְי֥וֹת הַתֶּֽבֶן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The taskmasters pressured them saying, “You must complete your daily work [quota], just as [before] when there was straw.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the taskmasters urged them on, saying, Fulfill your work, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the taskmasters pressed [upon them], saying: Finish your work, the [entire] day's quota in its day, as it was when the stubble was [supplied to you].


###### Exodus 5:14
[Exodus 5:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:14)

וַיֻּכּ֗וּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣מוּ עֲלֵהֶ֔ם נֹגְשֵׂ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר מַדּ֡וּעַ לֹא֩ כִלִּיתֶ֨ם חׇקְכֶ֤ם לִלְבֹּן֙ כִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם גַּם־תְּמ֖וֹל גַּם־הַיּֽוֹם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The officers of the B’nei Yisrael were beaten—those whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had appointed—and were told, “Why have you not completed your quotas of brick making as you did yesterday and before neither yesterday, nor today?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the officers of the children of Yisra᾽el, whom Par῾o’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying, Wherefore have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the officers of the children of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh placed over them, were smitten, (the taskmasters) saying: Why did you not finish your brick-making quota as of three days ago, both yesterday and today?


###### Exodus 5:15
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וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר לָ֧מָּה תַעֲשֶׂ֦ה כֹ֖ה לַעֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The officers of the B’nei Yisrael came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying “Why are you doing this to your slaves?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the officers of the children of Yisra᾽el came and cried to Par῾o, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy servants?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the officers of the children of Israel came and they cried out to Pharaoh, saying: Why should you do thus to your servants!


###### Exodus 5:16
[Exodus 5:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:16)

תֶּ֗בֶן אֵ֤ין נִתָּן֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ וּלְבֵנִ֛ים אֹמְרִ֥ים לָ֖נוּ עֲשׂ֑וּ וְהִנֵּ֧ה עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ מֻכִּ֖ים וְחָטָ֥את עַמֶּֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Your slaves are not given straw, and yet we are told to make bricks. Your slaves are beaten, and it is a sin for your people.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is no straw given to thy servants, and they say to us, Make bricks: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thy own people.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Stubble is not given to your servants, and bricks they say to us: Make! And, behold, your servants are smitten, and [this thing brings] sin upon your people.


###### Exodus 5:17
[Exodus 5:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:17)

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר נִרְפִּ֥ים אַתֶּ֖ם נִרְפִּ֑ים עַל־כֵּן֙ אַתֶּ֣ם אֹֽמְרִ֔ים נֵלְכָ֖ה נִזְבְּחָ֥ה לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He said, “You are lazy, therefore you say, ‘Let us go sacrifice to Adonoy.’

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: You are idlers, idlers! That is why you say: Let us go and sacrifice to the L-rd.


###### Exodus 5:18
[Exodus 5:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:18)

וְעַתָּה֙ לְכ֣וּ עִבְד֔וּ וְתֶ֖בֶן לֹא־יִנָּתֵ֣ן לָכֶ֑ם וְתֹ֥כֶן לְבֵנִ֖ים תִּתֵּֽנוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Now go, get to work. You will not be given straw, and you must deliver your quota of bricks.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet shall you deliver the quantity of bricks.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, go and work. And stubble will not be given to you, and produce the quota of bricks!


###### Exodus 5:19
[Exodus 5:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:19)

וַיִּרְא֞וּ שֹֽׁטְרֵ֧י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֹתָ֖ם בְּרָ֣ע לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹא־תִגְרְע֥וּ מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The officers of the B’nei Yisrael realized their bad position, saying, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the officers of the children of Yisra᾽el saw that they were in evil case, after it was said, You shall not in any way reduce your bricks or your daily task.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the officers of the children of Israel saw them [their fellow Jews who were under them] in misfortune, [the officers being constrained] to say: Do not diminish from your bricks the quota of each day in its day.


###### Exodus 5:20
[Exodus 5:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:20)

וַֽיִּפְגְּעוּ֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽת־אַהֲרֹ֔ן נִצָּבִ֖ים לִקְרָאתָ֑ם בְּצֵאתָ֖ם מֵאֵ֥ת פַּרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They met Moshe and Aharon who were waiting to meet them as they were leaving Pharaoh.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they met Moshe and Aharon, who stood in the way, as they came out from Par῾o.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they [(men of Israel)] met Moses and Aaron standing opposite them when they left Pharaoh.


###### Exodus 5:21
[Exodus 5:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:21)

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם יֵ֧רֶא יְהֹוָ֛ה עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם וְיִשְׁפֹּ֑ט אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִבְאַשְׁתֶּ֣ם אֶת־רֵיחֵ֗נוּ בְּעֵינֵ֤י פַרְעֹה֙ וּבְעֵינֵ֣י עֲבָדָ֔יו לָֽתֶת־חֶ֥רֶב בְּיָדָ֖ם לְהׇרְגֵֽנוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They said to them [Moshe and Aharon], “Let Adonoy look at you and judge. You have made our aroma abhorrent in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, putting a sword in their hands to kill us.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they said to them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because you have made us abhorrent in the eyes of Par῾o, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they said to them: May the L-rd reveal Himself to you and judge how you have made us contemptible in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants to put a sword in their hands to kill us!


###### Exodus 5:22
[Exodus 5:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:22)

וַיָּ֧שׇׁב מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֗י לָמָ֤ה הֲרֵעֹ֙תָה֙ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה שְׁלַחְתָּֽנִי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe returned to Adonoy and said, “My Master. Why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You send me?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe returned to the Lord, and said, Lord, why hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses returned to the L-rd and he said: O L-rd, why have You done evil to this people [and] why have You sent me!


###### Exodus 5:23
[Exodus 5:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/5:23)

וּמֵאָ֞ז בָּ֤אתִי אֶל־פַּרְעֹה֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ הֵרַ֖ע לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה וְהַצֵּ֥ל לֹא־הִצַּ֖לְתָּ אֶת־עַמֶּֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your Name, he has done harm to this people; and You have not rescued Your people.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for since I came to Par῾o to speak in thy name, he has done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And from the time I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done [increasingly greater] evil to this people, and You have not saved Your people.