Exodus 5:13

And the nogesim pressed them, saying, Fulfil your ma'asim, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 HaAm were scattered abroad throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim to gather stubble instead of straw.

14And the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel, which Pharaohʼs nogesim had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?

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Cross References

Exodus 5:11Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it; yet not ought of your avodah shall be diminished.

Job 39:7He laughs at the tumult of the kiryah (city), 1 neither regardeth he the shouts of the driver. 1

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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