Exodus 5:10

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they said to the people, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

Cross References

Exodus 1:11

So they set over [the Israelites] taskmasters to afflict and oppress them with [increased] burdens. And [the Israelites] built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 3:7

And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters and oppressors; for I know their sorrows and sufferings and trials.

Exodus 5:11

Go, get straw where you can find it; but your work shall not be diminished in the least.

Exodus 5:6

The very same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers,

Exodus 5:9

Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no attention to lying words.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will become wicked.

Isaiah 30:6

A mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning the beasts of the South (the Negeb): Oh, the heavy burden, the load of treasures going to Egypt! Through a land of trouble and anguish, in which are lioness and lion, viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that will not and cannot profit them.