Exodus 5:13

13 The slave masters drove them hard and said, "Make sure you make the same daily quota as when you had the 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 ) .

Exodus 5:13 In-Context

11 Go and get the straw on your own, wherever you can find it. But your work won't be reduced at all.'"

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

13 The slave masters drove them hard and said, "Make sure you make the same daily quota as when you had the straw."

14 The Israelite supervisors, whom Pharaoh's slave masters had set over them, were also beaten and asked, "Why didn't you produce the same number of bricks yesterday and today as you did before?"

15 Then the Israelite supervisors came and pleaded to Pharaoh, "Why do you treat your servants like this?