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The concept of task-work is deeply rooted in the cultural and historical settings of the Bible, where labor was a significant aspect of daily life and societal structure.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, task-work is frequently associated with the Israelites' experience in Egypt. The Egyptians subjected the Israelites to harsh labor, as described in <a href="/exodus/1-13.htm">Exodus 1:13-14</a> : "They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor, the Egyptians used them<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4522.htm"><span class="l">4522. mas -- body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> body of forced laborers, forced service, taskworkers, <b>taskwork</b>, serfdom.<br> Transliteration: mas or mis Phonetic Spelling: (mas) Short Definition: labor. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4522.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/gregory/the_epistles_of_saint_gregory_the_great/epistle_xxxv_to_leontius_ex-consul.htm"><span class="l">Epistle xxxv. To Leontius, Ex-Consul.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And yet it commonly comes to pass that the citizens of Babylon serve in <b>task</b>-<b>work</b><br> for Jerusalem, while the citizens of Jerusalem, that is of the heavenly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xxxv to leontius ex-consul.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ignatius/the_epistle_of_ignatius_to_the_ephesians/introductory_note_to_the_epistles.htm"><span class="l">Introductory Note to the Epistles of Ignatius</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the Curetonian version besides. One luxury only I may claim, to relieve the<br> drudging <b>task</b>-<b>work</b> of a mere reviser. Surely I may point <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the epistle of ignatius to the ephesians/introductory note to the epistles.htm</font><p><a href="/library/percival/sermons_at_rugby/iii_the_brevity_of_life.htm"><span class="l">The Brevity of Life.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The day is long with its crowded novelty or intense enjoyment, or possibly with<br> its dreary and intolerable <b>task</b>-<b>work</b>; to-morrow, with all its anticipations of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/iii the brevity of life.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/at_last/chapter_vi_monos.htm"><span class="l">Monos</span></a> <br><b>...</b> expected by the law to work for 280 days in the year, nine hours a day; and receive<br> the same wages as the free labourers: but for this system <b>task</b>-<b>work</b> is by <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter vi monos.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/thy_will_be_done.htm"><span class="l">'Thy Will be Done'</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to dispositions. 2. How nothing is obedience that is not cheerful and loving.<br> Not constrained, not sullen, not <b>task</b>-<b>work</b>. 3. How <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/thy will be done.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kent/the_making_of_a_nation/study_viii_the_training_of.htm"><span class="l">The Training of a Statesman.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In transforming the land of Goshen into a cultivated, agricultural region the nomadic<br> Hebrews were naturally put to <b>task work</b> by the strong-handed ruler of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kent/the making of a nation/study viii the training of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/percival/sermons_at_rugby/xviii_spiritual_power.htm"><span class="l">Spiritual Power.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> free life, you begin to look with fresh feelings on all your leisure hours, on all<br> your hours of liberty, when you are released from <b>task work</b> or supervision <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/xviii spiritual power.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_i/the_gifts_to_the_flock.htm"><span class="l">The Gifts to the Flock</span></a> <br><b>...</b> find that external labour, drawing its pattern, its motive, its law, and the power<br> for its discharge, from communion with Him, is no more <b>task</b>-<b>work</b> nor slavery <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the gifts to the flock.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chapin/humanity_in_the_city/discourse_viii_the_help_of.htm"><span class="l">Discourse viii. The Help of Religion.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> in a brazen prison live, Where, in the sun's hot eye, With heads bent o'er their<br> toil, they languidly Their minds to some unmeaning <b>task</b>-<b>work</b> give, Dreaming of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse viii the help of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/t/taskwork.htm"><span class="l"><b>Taskwork</b> (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Taskwork</b> (14 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (ASV). 2 Samuel 20:24 and Adoram was over the men subject<br> to <b>taskwork</b>; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; (ASV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/taskwork.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/task-work.htm"><span class="l"><b>Task</b>-<b>work</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Task</b>-<b>work</b>. <b>Taskwork</b>, <b>Task</b>-<b>work</b>. Tassel . Multi-Version Concordance <b>Task</b>-<b>work</b><br> (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b> (See JPS). <b>Taskwork</b>, <b>Task</b>-<b>work</b>. Tassel . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/task-work.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tributary.htm"><span class="l">Tributary (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Judges 1:30 Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants<br> of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to <b>taskwork</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tributary.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/drove.htm"><span class="l">Drove (89 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell<br> in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do <b>taskwork</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/drove.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/issachar.htm"><span class="l">Issachar (40 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> There is a play upon the name in this sense in Genesis 49:15, "He bowed his shoulder<br> to bear, and became a servant under <b>taskwork</b>." Wellhausen (Textder Buch. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/issachar.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/waxed.htm"><span class="l">Waxed (57 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Joshua 17:13 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong,<br> that they put the Canaanites to <b>taskwork</b>, and did not utterly drive them out. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/waxed.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tassel.htm"><span class="l">Tassel (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tassel.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/government.htm"><span class="l">Government (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> or prompter (1 Kings 4:3); king's counselor (2 Samuel 15:12); and, perhaps, the<br> king's friend (2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16); overseer of <b>taskwork</b> (2 Samuel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/government.htm - 50k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/waxen.htm"><span class="l">Waxen (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV JPS). Judges 1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they<br> put the Canaanites to <b>taskwork</b>, and did not utterly drive them out. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/waxen.htm - 10k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Spirit-Old-Testament.html">What was the role of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-workaholism.html">What does the Bible say about workaholism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-burnout.html">What does the Bible say about burnout? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Task-work (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-15.htm">Genesis 49:15</a></span><br />And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/1-28.htm">Judges 1:28</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when Israel was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/t/task-work.htm">Task-work</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fringes.htm">Fringes (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tassels.htm">Tassels (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hem.htm">Hem (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/outer.htm">Outer (98 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lace.htm">Lace (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/locks.htm">Locks (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/instantly.htm">Instantly (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/task-work.htm">Task-work (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/robe.htm">Robe (142 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/restored.htm">Restored (77 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/entreated.htm">Entreated (56 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cloak.htm">Cloak (73 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/afflicted.htm">Afflicted (171 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/attach.htm">Attach (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/haemorrhage.htm">Haemorrhage (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lusts.htm">Lusts (28 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/corners.htm">Corners (56 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/close.htm">Close (186 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/amulet.htm">Amulet</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/healed.htm">Healed (106 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/health.htm">Health (49 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/money.htm">Money (284 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/t/taskwork.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Taskwork"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Taskwork" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/t/tassel.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Tassel"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Tassel" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></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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