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Exodus 5:6

Pharaoh

4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

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

7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
KJV
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
WEB
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
ASV
And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
DARBY
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
BLB
And that day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
ÅB
Og samme dag befalte Farao arbeidsfogdene og oppsynsmennene over folket og sa:
OTB
Samme dag ga farao en befaling til oppsynsmennene og formennene som hadde ansvar for folket:
B1930
Og samme dag bød Farao arbeidsfogdene og opsynsmennene over folket og sa:

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  • Exodus 5:19

    And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

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  • Exodus 5:10

    And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

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  • Joshua 8:33

    And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:11

    Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

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  • Joshua 24:4

    And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:18

    Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

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  • Exodus 3:7

    And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

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  • Exodus 5:13–15

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

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