Exodus 5:13

KJV

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

— Exodus 5:13, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Exodus Chapter 5 connects to 0 cross-references. Moses and Aaron demand that Pharaoh let Israel go to worship in the wilderness; Pharaoh refuses and increases the Israelites' workload by requiring them to gather their own straw while maintaining brick quotas. The Israelite foremen are beaten and blame …

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Other Translations

ASV

And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

YLT

and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'

BBE

And the overseers went on driving them and saying, Do your full day's work as before when there were dry stems for you.