Exodus 5:13

The slave drivers kept on forcing them, saying, “You still have to do the same work as you did when you had straw provided!”

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In The King James Version

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

In Context

12So the people went all over Egypt collecting stubble for straw.

14They beat the Israelite supervisors they had put in charge, shouting at them, “Why haven't you met your quota of bricks as you did before?”

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Cross References

Exodus 5:11Go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because your work quota won't be reduced.’”

Job 39:7It despises the noise of the city; it doesn't need to listen to the shouts of a driver.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:11-15

10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. 13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. 14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which… Read the whole commentary →

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