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Bricks and Straw

Exodus 5:6

In 11 translations

BSB
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
KJV
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
WEB
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
ASV
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
LSV
And on that day Pharaoh commands the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,
YLT
And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,
DBY
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
DRC
Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:
GNV
Therefore Pharaoh gaue commandement the same day vnto the taskemasters of the people, and to their officers, saying,
JPS
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying:
LXXE
And Pharao gave orders to the task-masters of the people and the accountants, saying,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְצַ֥ו פַּרְעֹ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֶת־הַנֹּגְשִׂ֣ים בָּעָ֔ם וְאֶת־שֹׁטְרָ֖יו לֵאמֹֽר׃
LXX-Br
Συνέταξε δὲ Φαραὼ τοῖς ἐργοδιώκταις τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ τοῖς γραμματεῦσι, λέγων,

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  • Exodus 5:19The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
  • Exodus 5:10So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.
  • Numbers 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
  • Joshua 24:4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
  • Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
  • Exodus 5:13–15The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.” Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked,…
  • Joshua 8:33All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in…
  • 2 Chronicles 26:11Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
  • Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
  • Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
  • Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  • Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
  • Joshua 24:1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

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