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href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So on that day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The very same day Pharaoh gave orders to the [Egyptian] taskmasters in charge of the people and their [Hebrew] foremen, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen: &#8220<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That same day the king gave orders to his Egyptian slave bosses and to the Israelite men directly in charge of the Israelite slaves. He told them: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That same day Pharaoh gave these orders to the slave drivers and foremen:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />That day Pharaoh ordered the taskmasters of the people and their officials, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Pharaoh commanded the same day the task-masters of the people, and their officers, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And on that day Pharaoh commands the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Pharaoh will command in that day those urging on over the people, and their scribes, saying,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, on the same day, he instructed the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />That very day Pharaoh gave the taskmasters of the people and their foremen this order:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as well as their supervisors,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their scribes, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Pharaoh commanded the Rulers of the people and their Scribes on that day, and he said to them.<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 same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Pharao gave orders to the task-masters of the people and the accountants, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/5-6.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=994" 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">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">That same</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: par·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: way·ṣaw (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">commanded</a> <a href="/hebrew/5065.htm" title="5065: han·nō·ḡə·śîm (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/5971.htm" title="5971: bā·‘ām (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7860.htm" title="7860: šō·ṭə·rāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. an official superintendent or magistrate.">and their foremen:</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.…<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</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6-7</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/7-14.htm">Exodus 7:14-16</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go. / Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. / Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-1.htm">Exodus 8:1-2</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. / But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-1.htm">Exodus 9:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-3.htm">Exodus 10:3</a></span><br />So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-33</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. / Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.” / And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-5.htm">Exodus 14:5-8</a></span><br />When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” / So Pharaoh prepared his chariot and took his army with him. / He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-43.htm">Leviticus 25:43</a></span><br />You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Deuteronomy 26:6</a></span><br />But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">1 Kings 12:11</a></span><br />Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/5-15.htm">Nehemiah 5:15</a></span><br />The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Isaiah 14:3</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,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,</p><p class="hdg">taskmasters.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Exodus 5:10,13,14,15,19</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11</a></b></br> Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Proverbs 12:10</a></b></br> A righteous <i>man</i> regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked <i>are</i> cruel.</p><p class="hdg">officers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Exodus 2:14</a></b></br> And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/9-19.htm">Authorities</a> <a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/exodus/4-28.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/genesis/50-2.htm">Commandeth</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Drivers</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exactors</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-12.htm">Foremen</a> <a href="/genesis/41-34.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Order</a> <a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Overseers</a> <a href="/exodus/5-5.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/genesis/44-10.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Slave</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Taskmasters</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Task-Masters</a> <a href="/exodus/5-5.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Authorities</a> <a href="/exodus/6-13.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/exodus/6-13.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">Commandeth</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Drivers</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Exactors</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Foremen</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/exodus/6-16.htm">Order</a> <a href="/exodus/6-13.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Overseers</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Slave</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Taskmasters</a> <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm">Task-Masters</a> <a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Work</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>That same day</b><br>This phrase indicates immediacy and urgency in Pharaoh's response to Moses and Aaron's request to let the Israelites go. It highlights Pharaoh's determination to maintain control over the Israelites. The timing suggests a direct reaction to the confrontation with Moses, emphasizing the tension between divine command and human authority.<p><b>Pharaoh commanded</b><br>Pharaoh, as the ruler of Egypt, held absolute power and was considered a god by his people. His command reflects his authority and the centralized power structure of ancient Egypt. This also sets the stage for the ensuing conflict between Pharaoh's will and God's plan for the Israelites' liberation.<p><b>the taskmasters of the people</b><br>Taskmasters were Egyptian overseers responsible for enforcing labor among the Israelites. Their role was to ensure that the Israelites met their quotas and maintained productivity. This reflects the oppressive conditions under which the Israelites lived, fulfilling the prophecy of their enslavement in <a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a>.<p><b>and their foremen</b><br>Foremen were likely Israelites appointed to manage their fellow Hebrews under the taskmasters' supervision. This hierarchical structure created division among the Israelites, as some were placed in positions of authority over others. It also illustrates the complexity of their oppression, as they were forced to participate in their own subjugation.<p><b>:</b><br>The colon indicates that what follows is a direct command from Pharaoh, setting the stage for the specific instructions that would increase the Israelites' burden. This punctuation marks a transition from the narrative to the specific actions Pharaoh would take to resist God's command, highlighting the conflict between divine will and human defiance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, representing the oppressive power against the Israelites. His heart is hardened against God's command to let the Israelites go.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/taskmasters.htm">Taskmasters</a></b><br>Egyptian officials responsible for overseeing the labor of the Israelites. They enforce Pharaoh's harsh decrees.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/foremen.htm">Foremen</a></b><br>Hebrew leaders appointed to manage their fellow Israelites under the taskmasters. They are caught between obeying Pharaoh and the suffering of their people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people, enslaved in Egypt, crying out for deliverance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are enslaved, symbolizing bondage and oppression.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_oppression.htm">Understanding Oppression</a></b><br>Recognize the reality of spiritual and physical oppression in the world. Just as Pharaoh oppressed the Israelites, sin and worldly systems can enslave us today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Trust in God's ultimate control and plan for deliverance. Despite Pharaoh's resistance, God's purposes will prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_under_pressure.htm">Leadership Under Pressure</a></b><br>Consider the role of the foremen, who faced immense pressure from both Pharaoh and their people. Reflect on how to lead with integrity in difficult circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_disobedience.htm">The Cost of Disobedience</a></b><br>Pharaoh's refusal to heed God's command led to increased suffering for the Israelites. Disobedience to God often results in hardship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_deliverance.htm">Hope in Deliverance</a></b><br>Just as God heard the cries of the Israelites, He hears our cries today. We can find hope in His promise of deliverance through Christ.<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/could_enslaved_leaders_safely_confront_pharaoh.htm">Exodus 5:20-21: Would enslaved leaders realistically have such direct access to Pharaoh and survive speaking against him?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_moses_confronting_pharaoh.htm">Exodus 5:1: Where is the historical or archaeological evidence of Moses confronting an Egyptian Pharaoh as described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_keep_sending_moses_to_pharaoh.htm">Exodus 6:11-12: Why would God repeatedly send Moses to Pharaoh despite Moses' continual failure to persuade him?</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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Taskmasters . . . officers.</span>--Three grades of officials are mentioned as employed in superintending the forced labours of the Hebrews--(1) "lords of service" (<span class= "ital">sarey massim</span>)<span class= "ital">,</span> in <a href="/exodus/1-11.htm" title="Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.">Exodus 1:11</a>; (2) "taskmasters" (<span class= "ital">nogeshim</span>)<span class= "ital">,</span> here and in <a href="/exodus/5-10.htm" title="And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus said Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.">Exodus 5:10</a>; <a href="/context/exodus/5-13.htm" title="And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.">Exodus 5:13-14</a>; and (3) "officers"--literally, <span class= "ital">scribes </span>(<span class= "ital">shoterim</span>)<span class= "ital">,</span> here and in <a href="/context/exodus/5-11.htm" title="Go you, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.">Exodus 5:11-21</a>. The "lords of service" were probably a small body who exercised a general superintendence, and determined the works in which the Hebrews should be employed. They were, no doubt, native Egyptians. The <span class= "ital">nogeshim,</span> or "taskmasters," were their subordinates--Egyptians like themselves--comparatively numerous, and serving as intermediaries between the "lords" and the "officers." These last were Hebrews, and engaged mainly in keeping the tale of the bricks, and seeing that the proper number was reached. Such an organisation is consonant with all that we know of the Egyptian governmental system, which was bureaucratic and complex, involving in every department the employment of several grades of officials.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 6-9.</span> - Rulers are not always content simply to refuse inconvenient demands. Sometimes they set to work with much ingenuity and worldly wisdom to prevent their repetition. This is especially the case where they entertain a fear of their petitioners. The Spartans removed Helots, who had earned their freedom, by the Crypteia. The massacre of St. Bartholomew was caused by the Huguenot demand for freedom of worship and the difficulty of repressing it. The Pharaoh now is not content to let things take their course, but devises a plan by which he hopes to crush altogether the aspirations of the Hebrew people, and secure himself against the recurrence of any such appeal as that which had been made to him by Moses and Aaron. The Israelites had recently been employed chiefly in brickmaking. They had had to dig the clay and temper it, to mix it with straw, and mould it into the form of bricks; but the straw had been supplied to them. The king determined that this should be no longer done; the Israelites should find the straw for themselves. It has been estimated that by this change their labour was "more than doubled." (Canon Cook.) It was a not unreasonable expectation that under this system popular meetings would cease (ver. 9); and that Moses and Aaron, not being backed up by the voice of the people, would discontinue their agitation. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The same day</span>. Pharaoh lost no time. Having conceived his idea, he issued his order at once-on the very day of the interview with the two leaders. It would be well if the children of light were as "wise" and as energetic on all occasions as the children of darkness. <span class="cmt_word">Taskmasters and officers</span>. The word translated "taskmaster" here is not the same as the expression similarly rendered in <a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11</a>; and it is thought not to designate the same class. The <span class="accented">sarey massim</span> of the former passage are thought to be general superintendents of works, few in number and of high rank, the <span class="accented">nogeshim</span> of the present place to be subordinates, numerous and inferior in position. Both of these classes were probably Egyptians. The "officers" (<span class="accented">shoterim</span>) were undoubtedly Hebrews. They were especially employed in keeping the tale of the bricks, and seeing that they reached the proper amount. Literally, the word <span class="accented">shoterim</span> means "<span class="accented">scribes</span>," and is so rendered in most passages. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/5-6.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">That same</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֑וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | 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">Pharaoh</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּרְעֹ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(par·‘ōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">commanded</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְצַ֥ו</span> <span class="translit">(way·ṣaw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the taskmasters</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֹּגְשִׂ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(han·nō·ḡə·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">of the people</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּעָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their foremen:</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁטְרָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(šō·ṭə·rāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7860.htm">Strong's 7860: </a> </span><span class="str2">A scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/5-6.htm">OT Law: Exodus 5:6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters (Exo. 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