Exodus 5:14

New Century Version

The king’s slave masters had made the Israelite foremen responsible for the work the people did. The Egyptian slave masters beat these men and asked them, “Why aren’t you making as many bricks as you made in the past?”

Cross References

Exodus 1:14

They made their lives bitter. They forced the Israelites to work hard to make bricks and mortar and to do all kinds of work in the fields. The Egyptians were not merciful to them in all their painful work.

Exodus 5:13

The slave masters kept forcing the people to work harder. They said, “You must make just as many bricks as you did when you were given straw.”

Exodus 5:15

Then the Israelite foremen went to the king and complained, “Why are you treating us, your servants, this way?

Exodus 5:6

That same day the king gave a command to the slave masters and foremen.

Isaiah 10:24

This is what the Lord God All-Powerful says: “My people living in Jerusalem, don’t be afraid of the Assyrians, who beat you with a rod and raise a stick against you, as Egypt did.