Exodus 5:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers  of the people as well as their foremen,

Cross References

Exodus 5:19

The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, ‘You cannot reduce your daily quota of bricks.’

Exodus 5:10

So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, ‘This is what Pharaoh says:  “I am not giving you straw.

2 Chronicles 26:11

Uzziah had an army equipped for combat that went out to war by division according to their assignments, as recorded by Jeiel the court secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.

Joshua 24:4

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.  I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession. ‘ “Jacob and his sons, however, went down to Egypt.

Joshua 8:33

All Israel #– #resident foreigner and citizen alike #– #with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark of the Lord’s covenant facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal,  as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded earlier concerning blessing the people of Israel.

Deuteronomy 16:18

‘Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgement.

Deuteronomy 1:15

‘So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: commanders for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.

Numbers 11:16

The Lord answered Moses, ‘Bring me seventy men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and make them stand there with you.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out  because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,

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.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.

Joshua 24:1

Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem  and summoned Israel’s elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

Exodus 5:7

‘Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.