Exodus 5:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So the taskmasters and the supervisors of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw.

Cross References

Exodus 1:11

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,

Exodus 5:11

Go and get straw yourselves, wherever you can find it, but your work will not be lessened in the least.”

Exodus 5:6

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as well as their supervisors,

Exodus 5:9

Let heavier work be laid on them; then they will pay attention to it and not to deceptive words.”

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Isaiah 30:6

An oracle concerning the animals of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and roaring lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people that cannot profit them.