Exodus 5:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: ‘Why are you treating your servants this way?

Cross References

Exodus 5:14

Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten  and asked, ‘Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before? ’

Exodus 5:16

No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us, “Make bricks! ” Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.’

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labour.  They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities  for Pharaoh.

Job 3:18

The captives are completely at rest; they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice.