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href="/esv/exodus/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the taskmasters hasted <i>them</i>, saying, Fulfil your works, <i>your</i> daily tasks, as when there was straw.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the taskmasters forced <i>them</i> to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, <i>your</i> daily quota, as when there was straw.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your work quota, <i>your</i> daily amount, just as when you had straw.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The taskmasters pressed them, saying, &#8220Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your work quota, <i>your</i> daily amount, just as when you had straw.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the taskmasters were pressing them, saying, “Complete your work quota, the daily amount, just as when there was straw.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And the taskmasters pressured them, saying, “Finish your work, [fulfill] your daily quotas, just as when there was straw [given to you].”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The overseers insisted, &#8220Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the slave bosses were hard on them and kept saying, "Each day you have to make as many bricks as you did when you were given straw." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The slave drivers kept hurrying them. They said, "Finish the same amount of work each day, just as when you had straw."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The slave drivers kept trying to force them to make the same number of bricks every day as they had made when they were given straw. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The taskmasters pressured them by saying, "Finish your work—each day's quota —just as when you were given straw." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, "Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, "Fulfill your work quota, your daily amount, as when there was straw."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the task-masters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the exactors are making haste, saying, “Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the exactors are making haste, saying, 'Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the urgers on will hasten them, saying, Complete your work; the word of a day, in its day, as in there being straw.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Likewise, the overseers of the works pressured them, saying: “Complete your work each day, just as you were accustomed to do before, when straw was given to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />while the taskmasters kept driving them on, saying, “Finish your work, the same daily amount as when the straw was supplied to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, the same daily assignment as when you were given straw.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, Complete your work as you have always done, as when straw was given to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Rulers were pressing hard and they were saying, “Complete your work as always like when straw was given to you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/5-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1045" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">Bricks and Straw</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5065.htm" title="5065: wə·han·nō·ḡə·śîm (Conj-w, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To press, drive, oppress, exact. A primitive root; to drive; by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize.">The taskmasters</a> <a href="/hebrew/213.htm" title="213: ’ā·ṣîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To press, be pressed, make haste. A primitive root; to press; to be close, hurry, withdraw.">kept pressing them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: kal·lū (V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">“Fulfill</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar- (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">your quota</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">each day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·w·mōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as you did when</a> <a href="/hebrew/8401.htm" title="8401: hat·te·ḇen (Art:: N-ms) -- Straw. Probably from banah; properly, material, i.e. refuse haum or stalks of grain.">straw</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: bih·yō·wṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">was provided.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>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?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11-14</a></span><br />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. / But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. / They worked the Israelites ruthlessly ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6-9</a></span><br />Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. / I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. / And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-25</a></span><br />After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. / So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. / God saw the Israelites and took notice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7-9</a></span><br />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. / I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/4-29.htm">Exodus 4:29-31</a></span><br />Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites, / and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people, / and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Exodus 7:3-4</a></span><br />But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, / Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Leviticus 26:13</a></span><br />I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Deuteronomy 26:6-8</a></span><br />But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor. / So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression. / Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Nehemiah 9:9-10</a></span><br />You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. / You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/81-6.htm">Psalm 81:6-7</a></span><br />“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. / You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Isaiah 14:3-4</a></span><br />On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, / you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Acts 7:34</a></span><br />I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39</a></span><br />But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-24.htm">Hebrews 11:24-27</a></span><br />By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. / He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. / He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-4</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.</p><p class="hdg">daily tasks.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/43-15.htm">Amount</a> <a href="/genesis/29-27.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-1.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Drivers</a> <a href="/exodus/2-17.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/exodus/5-12.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Exactors</a> <a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/exodus/3-21.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/45-13.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/genesis/45-13.htm">Hasted</a> <a href="/exodus/2-18.htm">Hastened</a> <a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Labours</a> <a href="/exodus/5-8.htm">Making</a> <a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Overseers</a> <a href="/genesis/40-11.htm">Pressed</a> <a href="/titus/3-14.htm">Pressing</a> <a href="/exodus/5-8.htm">Quota</a> <a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">Required</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Slave</a> <a href="/exodus/5-12.htm">Stems</a> <a href="/exodus/5-12.htm">Straw</a> <a href="/genesis/31-36.htm">Task</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Taskmasters</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Task-Masters</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-17.htm">Tasks</a> <a href="/genesis/33-11.htm">Urged</a> <a href="/titus/3-14.htm">Urgent</a> <a href="/exodus/5-11.htm">Work</a> <a href="/exodus/5-4.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Amount</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-11.htm">Drivers</a> <a href="/exodus/6-1.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-12.htm">Exactors</a> <a href="/exodus/23-26.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/exodus/23-26.htm">Fulfill</a> <a href="/exodus/5-18.htm">Full</a> <a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/joshua/4-10.htm">Hasted</a> <a href="/joshua/4-10.htm">Hastened</a> <a href="/exodus/6-5.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-5.htm">Labours</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Making</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Overseers</a> <a href="/exodus/27-20.htm">Pressed</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Pressing</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Quota</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Required</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Slave</a> <a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">Stems</a> <a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">Straw</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Task</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Taskmasters</a> <a href="/exodus/5-14.htm">Task-Masters</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Tasks</a> <a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Urged</a> <a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Urgent</a> <a href="/exodus/5-17.htm">Work</a> <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-6.htm">He increases the Israelites' task.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">He ignores their complaints.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">They cry out to Moses and Aaron.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/5-22.htm">Moses complains to God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This reflects the harsh conditions and oppression the Israelites faced in Egypt. The taskmasters' relentless pressure symbolizes the increasing burden of slavery, which is a recurring theme in the narrative of Exodus. This oppression sets the stage for God's deliverance, highlighting the need for divine intervention.<p><b>saying, “Fulfill your quota each day</b><br>The demand to fulfill the daily quota emphasizes the severity of the Israelites' bondage. The quota refers to the number of bricks the Israelites were required to produce. This demand, despite the lack of resources, illustrates the cruelty of the Egyptians and the impossible expectations placed upon the Israelites. It also serves as a backdrop for understanding the miraculous nature of their eventual liberation.<p><b>just as you did when straw was provided.”</b><br>Straw was a crucial component in brick-making, used to bind the clay. Previously, the Egyptians supplied straw, but now the Israelites had to gather it themselves, making their task even more arduous. This change in circumstances highlights the increasing severity of their oppression. The removal of straw can be seen as a test of faith and endurance, paralleling the trials believers face and the need to rely on God's strength. This situation foreshadows the deliverance that God would provide, pointing to the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who frees believers from the bondage of sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/taskmasters.htm">Taskmasters</a></b><br>These were Egyptian overseers responsible for ensuring that the Israelite slaves met their daily brick-making quotas. They were agents of Pharaoh's oppressive regime.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, who were enslaved in Egypt. They were subjected to harsh labor and oppression by the Egyptians.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who refused to let the Israelites go, despite Moses' pleas. He increased their burdens as a response to Moses' request for their freedom.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>God's chosen leaders to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. They confronted Pharaoh with God's command to let His people go.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved. It represents a place of bondage and oppression in the biblical account.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_oppression.htm">Understanding Oppression</a></b><br>Recognize the reality of oppression in the world and the importance of seeking justice and freedom for those who are burdened.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Trust in God's plan for deliverance, even when circumstances seem to worsen. God's timing and methods may differ from our expectations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_trials.htm">Perseverance in Trials</a></b><br>Learn to persevere through difficult times, knowing that God is with us and will ultimately bring about His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_burden_of_sin.htm">The Burden of Sin</a></b><br>Reflect on the spiritual parallel of sin as a taskmaster, and the freedom offered through Christ's sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercessory_leadership.htm">Intercessory Leadership</a></b><br>Emulate Moses and Aaron's role as intercessors, advocating for others and standing firm in faith despite opposition.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_israelites_meet_brick_quotas.htm">Exodus 5:7: How could the Israelites maintain the same brick quota without Egyptian-provided straw under harsh labor conditions? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/any_historical_precedent_for_exodus_5_8-9.htm">Exodus 5:8-9: Is there any record or historical precedent indicating such sudden changes in Egyptian labor policy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_lamb_worship_reconciled_with_god-only.htm">How do we reconcile the universal worship of the Lamb (Revelation 5:13) with other parts of the Bible that emphasize worship of God alone (e.g., Exodus 20:3)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_death_for_sabbath-breaking,_not_mercy.htm">Exodus 31:15 - Why does a just and loving God mandate the death penalty for Sabbath-breaking, and how is that reconciled with later biblical teachings on mercy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">The taskmasters hasted them.</span>--The Egyptian monuments show us foreign labourers engaged in brick-making under Egyptian overseers, or "taskmasters," who are armed with sticks, and "haste" the labourers whenever they cease work for the purpose of resting themselves. The overseers are represented as continually saying to the workpeople, "Work without faintness." (See Wilkinson, in Rawlinson's <span class= "ital">Herodotus,</span> vol. ii. p. 214.)<p><span class= "bld">As when there was straw.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">as when there, was the straw</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> as. when the straw was furnished to you.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13, 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The taskmasters hasted them</span>. The Egyptian overseers, armed with rods, went about among the toiling Israelites continually, and "hasted them" by dealing out blows freely on all who made any pause in their work. The unceasing toil lasted from morning to night; yet still the required" tale" could not be produced; and consequently the native officers, whose business it was to produce the "tale," were punished by the bastinado at the close of the day not giving in the proper amount. Kalisch observes - "Even now the Arabic fellahs, whose position is very analogous to that of the Israelites described in our text, are treated by the Turks in the same manner. Arabic overseers have to give an account of the labours of their countrymen to the Turkish taskmasters, who often chastise them mercilessly for the real or imputed cf. fences of the Arabic workmen." <p> CHAPTER 5:15-19 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/5-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The taskmasters</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·han·nō·ḡə·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5065.htm">Strong's 5065: </a> </span><span class="str2">To drive, to tax, harass, tyrannize</span><br /><br /><span class="word">kept pressing them,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָצִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ṣîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_213.htm">Strong's 213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To press, to be close, hurry, withdraw</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saying,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Fulfill</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּלּ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(kal·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your quota</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבַר־</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">each day,</span><br /><span class="heb">י֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just as you did when</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">straw</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתֶּֽבֶן׃</span> <span class="translit">(hat·te·ḇen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8401.htm">Strong's 8401: </a> </span><span class="str2">Material, refuse haum, stalks of grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was provided.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּהְי֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bih·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-13.htm">Exodus 5:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/5-13.htm">OT Law: Exodus 5:13 The taskmasters were urgent saying Fulfill your (Exo. 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