And they kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the ordinance, as each day required,
Exodus 5:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.” Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Finish your work, your daily quotas, as when there was straw. American Standard Version (1901) And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Common English Bible The slave masters drove them hard and said, “Make sure you make the same daily quota as when you had the straw.” Catholic Public Domain Version 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
And they kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the ordinance, as each day required,
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens; and they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Ra-amses.
Go yourselves, get your straw wherever you can find it; but your work will not be lessened in the least.’ ”
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.
And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today, as hitherto?”
The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,