◄ Exodus 5:6 ►
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Good News Translation
That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:

New Revised Standard Version
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as well as their supervisors,

Contemporary English Version
That same day the king gave orders to his Egyptian slave bosses and to the Israelite men directly in charge of the Israelite slaves. He told them:

New American Bible
That very day Pharaoh gave the taskmasters of the people and their foremen this order:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying:

taskmasters.

Exodus 5:10,13,14,15,19 And the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters, went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao: I allow you no straw; . . .

Exodus 1:11 Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens: and they built for Pharao cities of tabernacles, Phithom, and Ramesses.

Proverbs 12:10 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.

officers.

Exodus 2:14 But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known?

Context
Bricks and Straw
6Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the task-masters of the people, saying:7You shall give straw no more to the people to make brick, as before; but let them go and gather straw.…
Cross References
Exodus 1:11
Therefore he set over them masters of the works, to afflict them with burdens: and they built for Pharao cities of tabernacles, Phithom, and Ramesses.

Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works;

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 5:10
And the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters, went out and said to the people: Thus saith Pharao: I allow you no straw;

Exodus 5:13
And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfil your work every day, as before ye were wont to do, when straw was given you.

Exodus 5:14
And they that were over the works of the children of Israel, were scourged by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks, both yesterday and to day, as before?

Exodus 5:5
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