Moreover Uzziah had an army of soldiers, fit for war, in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Je-iel the secretary and Ma-aseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's commanders.
Exodus 5:6 - Revised Standard Version The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The very same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, American Standard Version (1901) And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Common English Bible On the very same day Pharaoh commanded the people’s slave masters and supervisors, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, on the same day, he instructed the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works, and the taskmasters of the people, saying: |
Moreover Uzziah had an army of soldiers, fit for war, in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Je-iel the secretary and Ma-aseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's commanders.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens; and they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Ra-amses.
Then the Lord said, “I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; I know their sufferings,
So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw.
The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in evil plight, when they said, “You shall by no means lessen your daily number of bricks.”
“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
And the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God.
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
And all Israel, sojourner as well as homeborn, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.