# Exodus 05 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Exodus Overview]]. [[Exodus 04]]. [[Exodus 06]]. > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ## Opposition to the Plan of God [[#Verse 01.]] Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, ‘Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the wilderness.’” [[#Verse 02.]] But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel!”  [[#Verse 03.]] And they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword.”  [[#Verse 04.]] The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!” [[#Verse 05.]] Pharaoh was thinking, “The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.” [[#Verse 06.]] That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people:  [[#Verse 07.]] “You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves.  [[#Verse 08.]] But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’  [[#Verse 09.]] Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!” [[#Verse 10.]] So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving you straw.  [[#Verse 11.]] You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”  [[#Verse 12.]] So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.  [[#Verse 13.]] The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, “Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”  [[#Verse 14.]] The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, “Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past—both yesterday and today?” [[#Verse 15.]]  The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating your servants this way?  [[#Verse 16.]] No straw is given to your servants, but we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people.” [[#Verse 17.]] But Pharaoh replied, “You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’”  [[#Verse 18.]] So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”  [[#Verse 19.]] The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.” [[#Verse 20.]] When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them,  [[#Verse 21.]] and they said to them, “May the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!” ## The Assurance of Deliverance [[#Verse 22.]]  Moses returned to the Lord, and said, “Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me? [[#Verse 23.]] From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have certainly not rescued them!” ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes