Exodus 5:14

American Standard Version (1901)

And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?

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  • Isa 10:24 : 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian, though he smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

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  • Exod 5:15-21
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    88%

    15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

    16There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.

    17But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

    18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

    19And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, [your] daily tasks.

    20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

    21and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

  • Exod 5:4-13
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    86%

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

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

    6And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

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

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

    9Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.

    10And 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.

    11Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.

    12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

    13And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.

  • Exod 1:11-14
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    76%

    11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.

    12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

    13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

    14and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.

  • Exod 14:5
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    5And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

  • Exod 6:9
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    9And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

  • Exod 14:11
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    11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt?

  • 1 Sam 6:6
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    6Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

  • Deut 26:6
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    6And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  • Num 20:15
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    15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers: