Exodus 5:6

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 5:6

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 5

⁴ But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”

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

⁶ That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

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

⁸ But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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