Scripture · Old Testament
Exodus 5:13
Exodus 5:13 is verse 13 of Exodus chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
King James Version
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
World English Bible
The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”
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Exodus 5:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
12 So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
13 The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
14 Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
15 So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
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