Exodus 5:13

13 The taskmasters pressed them, saying, "Complete your work quota, your daily amount *, just as when you had straw."

Exodus 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 5:13

And the taskmasters hasted them,
Kept them tight and close to their work, and were urgent on them to make quick dispatch of it:

saying, fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw;
they insisted upon it, that they did the same business at the brickkilns, made the same number of bricks every day, as they used to do when they had straw at hand. See ( Exodus 5:11 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 5:13 In-Context

11 'You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but none of your labor will be reduced.' "

12 So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13 The taskmasters pressed them, saying, "Complete your work quota, your daily amount , just as when you had straw."

14 Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?"

15 Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

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[a]. Lit "works"
[b]. Lit "the matter of a day in its day"
[c]. Lit "there was"

Exodus 5:13

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Exodus 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 5:13 In-Context

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