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Exodus 5:13
And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
Exodus 5:13 · Darby Bible
Exodus 5:13 in other translations
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”
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In context
10 And the taskmasters of the people and their officers went out and spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw:
11 go ye, get yourselves straw where ye may find it; but none of your work shall be diminished.
12 And the people were scattered abroad throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
13 And the taskmasters urged [them], saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, [and] it was said, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and to-day, as heretofore?
15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?
16 There is no straw given to thy bondmen, and they say to us, Make brick; and behold, thy bondmen are beaten, but it is the fault of thy people.
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