Exodus 5:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The slave bosses and the men in charge of the slaves went out and told them, “The king says he will not give you any more straw.

Cross References

Exodus 1:11

The Egyptians put slave bosses in charge of the people of Israel and tried to wear them down with hard work. Those bosses forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses, where the king could store his supplies.

Exodus 3:7

The LORD said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being ill-treated. I feel sorry for them,

Exodus 5:11

Go and find your own straw wherever you can, but you must still make as many bricks as before.”

Exodus 5:6

That same day the king gave orders to his slave bosses and to the men directly in charge of the Israelite slaves. He told them:

Exodus 5:9

Make them work so hard that they won't have time to listen to these lies.

Proverbs 29:12

A ruler who listens to lies will have corrupt officials.

Isaiah 30:6

This is a message about the animals of the Southern Desert: you people carry treasures on donkeys and camels. You travel to a feeble nation through a troublesome desert filled with lions and flying fiery dragons.