Exodus 5:19

And the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel did see that they were in rah (trouble), after it was said, Ye shall not reduce ought from your bricks of your daily task.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

In Context

18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tokhen (full measure) of bricks.

20And they went to meet Moshe and Aharon, who stood waiting to meet them, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:36For Hashem shall judge His people, 1 and relent for His avadim, 1 when He seeth that their power is gone, 1 and there is none left, slave or free. 1

Ecclesiastes 5:8Moreover the profit of eretz is for all; Melech himself is served by the sadeh.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:16-23

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord . 18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of… Read the whole commentary →

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