dissection of the foreskin).
27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go to meet Moses in the wilderness. And he went and met him at the mountain of God, and kissed him. (The priest-lord was with Aaron and gives them both instructions).
28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs that he had commanded. (This proves that the priest needs to give various instructions and check their execution, so does an ordinary chief).
29 And Moses went with Aaron, and they gathered all the elders of the children of Israel, (Now it is necessary to «convince» the elders).
30 And Aaron told all the words that the LORD had spoken to Moses; and he did signs before the eyes of the people, («Miracles» are shown before the elders, so that they too would believe).
31 And the people believed; and they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and had seen their suffering, and they bowed down and worshipped. (Now the people also believe. Which was exactly what needed to be done!).
Chapter 5
1 After this Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and said: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Let my people go, that they may make me a feast in the wilderness. (Execution of the order. Moses and Aaron have access to Pharaoh).
2 But Pharaoh said, «Who is the LORD that I should obey his voice and let Israel go?» I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go. (Of course, Pharaoh is against it).
3 They said: The God of the Jews has called us; let us go into the wilderness for three days to sacrifice to the Lord our God, so that He does not strike us with a plague or a sword. (Disobedience of the Lord God brings retribution).
4 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, distract the people from their works? go to your work. (Pharaoh refused them again).
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people in this land are numerous, and you distract them from their work. (Don’t distract people from their work!).
6 And on the same day Pharaoh gave a command to the officers of the people and the overseers, saying: (Pharaoh’s command).
7 from now on, do not give the people straw for making bricks, as yesterday and the third day, let them go and collect straw for themselves, (Collecting straw for bricks means adobe bricks consisting of clay with the addition of cut straw, since ancient times common in treeless areas).
8 but put the same number of bricks on them as they did yesterday and the day before, and do not reduce them; they are idle, therefore they shout: let’s go, let’s sacrifice to our God; (That’s how to argue with the authorities!).
9 give them more work, so that they work and do not engage in empty speeches. (The boss is always right, if the boss is wrong, see the beginning of the phrase).
10 And the officers of the people and their overseers went out and said to the people: Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw; (The bailiffs and overseers carry out Pharaoh’s order).
11 Go yourself, take straw for yourself wherever you find it, but nothing is reduced from your work. (Initiative is punishable!).
12 And the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. (Stubble or stubble is the lower part of the stems of grain crops that remains on the root after harvesting).
13 But the bailiffs urged, saying, «Do your work every day, just as when you had straw.» (Using stubble instead of straw).
14 But the overseers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s officers had set over them, were beaten, saying, «Why do you not make a fixed number of bricks yesterday and today, as it has been until now? (Use as overseers and Jews).
15 And the overseers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you do this to your servants? (The Jewish overseers are outraged).
16 They do not give straw to your servants, but they tell us to make bricks. And behold, your servants are being beaten; it is a sin for your people. (Pre-revolutionary state).
17 But he said, «You are idle, idle, therefore you say, Let’s go and sacrifice to the LORD.» (However, Pharaoh believes that Jews are idlers).
18 Go and work; they will not give you straw, but give you the required number of bricks. (First of all, work, from the Pharaoh’s point of view).
19 And the overseers of the children of Israel saw their trouble in the words: do not decrease the number of bricks, which is [laid] for every day. (It is necessary to fulfill the norm for every day – that’s the workday).
20 And when they went out from Pharaoh, they met Moses and Aaron, who were standing waiting for them (Here are the troublemakers!).
21 And they said to them, May the LORD see and judge you, because you have made us hateful in the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, and have given them a sword in their hands to kill us. (That is, Moses and Aaron actually became instigators).
22 And Moses turned to the LORD and said, Lord! why did You subject this people to such a calamity, why did You send me? (The need to receive new instructions, they have become, without instructions from «above», virtually completely powerless).
23 For from the time that I came to Pharaoh and began to speak in your name, he began to do worse to this people; but to deliver, you have not delivered your people. (Criticism of the Lord-God).
Chapter 6
1 And the LORD said to Moses, Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh; by the action of a strong hand he will let them go; by the action of a strong hand he will even drive them out of his land. (Confirmation by the Lord God of his intentions to Moses).
2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: I am the Lord. (That is, sir, and you have to serve me).
3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with [the name] «God Almighty,» but with [my] name «the Lord» I did not reveal myself to them; (The new name of God).
4 And I have made my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourn, in which they have sojourned. (That is, Canaan is a place where Jews used to wander).
5 And I heard the lamentation of the children of Israel that the Egyptians held them in bondage, and I remembered my covenant. (Now the situation has changed and important trade routes pass through this territory, which should be seized and established their dominance in order to receive good commissions for the transportation of goods).
6 So say to the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will save you with an outstretched arm and great judgments; (The Israelites must become «cannon fodder» in order to seize the most profitable trade routes).
7 And I will receive you into my people, and I will be your God, and you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of Egypt; (For this I will deliver you from the Egyptian captivity, but you will fall into my captivity).
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