Exodus 5:13

13 The slave drivers kept trying to force them to make the same number of bricks every day as they had made when they were given 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 He says that you must go and get it for yourselves wherever you can find it, but you must still make the same number of bricks."

12 So the people went all over Egypt looking for straw.

13 The slave drivers kept trying to force them to make the same number of bricks every day as they had made when they were given straw.

14 The Egyptian slave drivers beat the Israelite foremen, whom they had put in charge of the work. They demanded, "Why aren't you people making the same number of bricks that you made before?"

15 Then the foremen went to the king and complained, "Why do you do this to us, Your Majesty?