Exodus 5:6 “That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and thei…”

Exodus 5:6

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

World English Bible

The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

American Standard Version

And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore Pharaoh gaue commandement the same day vnto the taskemasters of the people, and to their officers, saying,

Darby Translation

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Young's Literal Translation

And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,

Bible in Basic English

The same day Pharaoh gave orders to the overseers and those who were responsible for the work, saying,

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Cross references

“taskmasters”

Exodus 5:10 Exodus 5:19 Exodus 1:11 Proverbs 12:10 Exodus 5:13 Exodus 5:15

Exodus 5:10 · BSB

So 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.

Exodus 5:19 · BSB

The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

Exodus 1:11 · BSB

So 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.

Proverbs 12:10 · BSB

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

Exodus 5:13 · BSB

The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

Exodus 5:15 · BSB

So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

“officers”

Numbers 11:16 Deuteronomy 1:15 Deuteronomy 16:18 Joshua 8:33 Joshua 24:4 2 Chronicles 26:11

Numbers 11:16 · BSB

Then 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.

Deuteronomy 1:15 · BSB

So 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.

Deuteronomy 16:18 · BSB

You 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.

Joshua 8:33 · BSB

All 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 fron…

Joshua 24:4 · BSB

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

2 Chronicles 26:11 · BSB

Uzziah 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.

Also

Exodus 3:7

Exodus 3:7 · BSB

The 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”

7“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

Read Exodus 5