Exodus 5:19

New American Bible - revised edition

The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble, having been told, “Do not reduce your daily amount of bricks!”

Cross References

Exodus 5:18

Now off to work! No straw will be supplied to you, but you must supply your quota of bricks.”

Exodus 5:20

So when they left Pharaoh they assailed Moses and Aaron, who were waiting to meet them,

Exodus 5:8

Yet you shall levy upon them the same quota of bricks as they made previously. Do not reduce it. They are lazy; that is why they are crying, ‘Let us go to offer sacrifice to our God.’

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to comfort them!

Ecclesiastes 5:8

But profitable for a land in such circumstances is a king concerned about cultivation.

Deuteronomy 32:36

Surely, the Lord will do justice for his people; on his servants he will have pity. When he sees their strength is gone, and neither bond nor free is left,