Exodus 1:14

and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.

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In The King James Version

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

In Context

13They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

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Cross References

Exodus 1:13They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

Exodus 5:7“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

Exodus 6:9Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

Leviticus 25:43You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:53He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Deuteronomy 4:20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:9-15

8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities,… Read the whole commentary →

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