Exodus 5:13

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 5:13

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 5

¹¹ Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

¹² So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

¹³ The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

¹⁴ 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?”

¹⁵ So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

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