Exodus 5:13

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The slave masters forced the people to work even harder. They forced the people to make as many bricks as before.

Cross References

Ezra 3:4

Then they celebrated the Festival of Shelters {\cf2\super [11]} just like the Law \{of Moses\} said. They offered the right number of burnt offerings for each day of the festival.

Job 39:7

Wild donkeys laugh at the noisy towns.\par And no person can control them.\par

Exodus 1:11

The Egyptian people decided to make life hard for the people of Israel. So the Egyptians put slave masters over the people. These masters forced the Israelites to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses for the king. The king used these cities to store grain and other things.

Exodus 5:11

You must go and get the straw for yourselves. So go and find straw. But you must still make as many bricks as you made before.”

Exodus 5:12

So the people went everywhere in Egypt looking for straw.

Exodus 5:14

The Egyptian slave masters had chosen the Hebrew [46] foremen and had made them responsible for the work the people did. The Egyptian slave masters beat these foremen and said to them, “Why aren’t you making as many bricks as you made in the past? If you could do it then, you can do it now!”

Exodus 5:6

That same day, Pharaoh gave a command to make work harder for the people of Israel. Pharaoh said to the slave masters and Hebrew foremen,