Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, "Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?" Cross References Exodus 5:6 That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen: Exodus 5:13 The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, "Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided." Exodus 5:15 So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why are you treating your servants this way? Isaiah 10:24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: "O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did. Treasury of Scripture And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? no reference |
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