Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.” New Living Translation Meanwhile, the Egyptian slave drivers continued to push hard. “Meet your daily quota of bricks, just as you did when we provided you with straw!” they demanded. English Standard Version The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.” Berean Standard Bible The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.” King James Bible And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. New King James Version And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.” New American Standard Bible And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw.” NASB 1995 The taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw.” NASB 1977 And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw.” Legacy Standard Bible And the taskmasters were pressing them, saying, “Complete your work quota, the daily amount, just as when there was straw.” Amplified Bible And the taskmasters pressured them, saying, “Finish your work, [fulfill] your daily quotas, just as when there was straw [given to you].” Christian Standard Bible The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.” Holman Christian Standard Bible The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.” American Standard Version And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Contemporary English Version But the slave bosses were hard on them and kept saying, "Each day you have to make as many bricks as you did when you were given straw." English Revised Version And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. GOD'S WORD® Translation The slave drivers kept hurrying them. They said, "Finish the same amount of work each day, just as when you had straw." Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version The taskmasters pressured them by saying, "Finish your work—each day's quota —just as when you were given straw." Majority Standard Bible The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, ?Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.? NET Bible The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, "Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!" New Heart English Bible The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, "Fulfill your work quota, your daily amount, as when there was straw." Webster's Bible Translation And the task-masters hastened them, saying, Fulfill 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!” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the exactors are making haste, saying, “Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.” Young's Literal Translation and the exactors are making haste, saying, 'Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.' Smith's Literal Translation And the urgers on will hasten them, saying, Complete your work; the word of a day, in its day, as in there being straw. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the overseers of the works pressed them, saying: Fulfill your work every day as before you were wont to do when straw was given you. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, the overseers of the works pressured them, saying: “Complete your work each day, just as you were accustomed to do before, when straw was given to you.” New American Bible while the taskmasters kept driving them on, saying, “Finish your work, the same daily amount as when the straw was supplied to you.” New Revised Standard Version The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, the same daily assignment as when you were given straw.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the taskmasters pressed them, saying, Complete your work as you have always done, as when straw was given to you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the Rulers were pressing hard and they were saying, “Complete your work as always like when straw was given to you.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.' Brenton Septuagint Translation and the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Bricks and Straw…12So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.” 14Then 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?”… Cross References Exodus 1:11-14 So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. / But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. / They worked the Israelites ruthlessly ... Exodus 6:6-9 Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. / I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. / And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’” ... Exodus 2:23-25 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. / So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. / God saw the Israelites and took notice. Exodus 3:7-9 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. / I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them. Exodus 4:29-31 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites, / and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people, / and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped. Exodus 7:3-4 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, / Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. Leviticus 26:13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness. Deuteronomy 26:6-8 But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor. / So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression. / Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders. Nehemiah 9:9-10 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. / You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. Psalm 81:6-7 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. / You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah Isaiah 14:3-4 On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, / you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! Acts 7:34 I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’ Acts 7:39 But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. Hebrews 11:24-27 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. / He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. / He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward. ... 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ... Treasury of Scripture And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. daily tasks. Jump to Previous Amount Complete Daily Drivers Driving Dry Exactors Fulfil Fulfill Full Haste Hasted Hastened Kept Labours Making Matter Overseers Pressed Pressing Quota Required Slave Stems Straw Task Taskmasters Task-Masters Tasks Urged Urgent Work WorksJump to Next Amount Complete Daily Drivers Driving Dry Exactors Fulfil Fulfill Full Haste Hasted Hastened Kept Labours Making Matter Overseers Pressed Pressing Quota Required Slave Stems Straw Task Taskmasters Task-Masters Tasks Urged Urgent Work WorksExodus 5 1. Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message.6. He increases the Israelites' task. 16. He ignores their complaints. 19. They cry out to Moses and Aaron. 22. Moses complains to God. The taskmasters kept pressing them The taskmasters were Egyptian overseers responsible for ensuring that the Israelite slaves met their labor requirements. This reflects the harsh conditions and oppression the Israelites faced in Egypt. The taskmasters' relentless pressure symbolizes the increasing burden of slavery, which is a recurring theme in the narrative of Exodus. This oppression sets the stage for God's deliverance, highlighting the need for divine intervention. saying, “Fulfill your quota each day just as you did when straw was provided.” Persons / Places / Events 1. TaskmastersThese were Egyptian overseers responsible for ensuring that the Israelite slaves met their daily brick-making quotas. They were agents of Pharaoh's oppressive regime. 2. Israelites The descendants of Jacob, who were enslaved in Egypt. They were subjected to harsh labor and oppression by the Egyptians. 3. Pharaoh The ruler of Egypt who refused to let the Israelites go, despite Moses' pleas. He increased their burdens as a response to Moses' request for their freedom. 4. Moses and Aaron God's chosen leaders to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. They confronted Pharaoh with God's command to let His people go. 5. Egypt The land where the Israelites were enslaved. It represents a place of bondage and oppression in the biblical account. Teaching Points Understanding OppressionRecognize the reality of oppression in the world and the importance of seeking justice and freedom for those who are burdened. God's Deliverance Trust in God's plan for deliverance, even when circumstances seem to worsen. God's timing and methods may differ from our expectations. Perseverance in Trials Learn to persevere through difficult times, knowing that God is with us and will ultimately bring about His purposes. The Burden of Sin Reflect on the spiritual parallel of sin as a taskmaster, and the freedom offered through Christ's sacrifice. Intercessory Leadership Emulate Moses and Aaron's role as intercessors, advocating for others and standing firm in faith despite opposition.(13) The taskmasters hasted them.--The Egyptian monuments show us foreign labourers engaged in brick-making under Egyptian overseers, or "taskmasters," who are armed with sticks, and "haste" the labourers whenever they cease work for the purpose of resting themselves. The overseers are represented as continually saying to the workpeople, "Work without faintness." (See Wilkinson, in Rawlinson's Herodotus, vol. ii. p. 214.) As when there was straw.--Heb., as when there, was the straw--i.e., as. when the straw was furnished to you. Verses 13, 14. - The taskmasters hasted them. The Egyptian overseers, armed with rods, went about among the toiling Israelites continually, and "hasted them" by dealing out blows freely on all who made any pause in their work. The unceasing toil lasted from morning to night; yet still the required" tale" could not be produced; and consequently the native officers, whose business it was to produce the "tale," were punished by the bastinado at the close of the day not giving in the proper amount. Kalisch observes - "Even now the Arabic fellahs, whose position is very analogous to that of the Israelites described in our text, are treated by the Turks in the same manner. Arabic overseers have to give an account of the labours of their countrymen to the Turkish taskmasters, who often chastise them mercilessly for the real or imputed cf. fences of the Arabic workmen." CHAPTER 5:15-19 Hebrew The taskmastersוְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים (wə·han·nō·ḡə·śîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 5065: To drive, to tax, harass, tyrannize kept pressing them, אָצִ֣ים (’ā·ṣîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 213: To press, to be close, hurry, withdraw saying, לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “Fulfill כַּלּ֤וּ (kal·lū) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent your quota דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause each day, י֣וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day just as you did when כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that straw הַתֶּֽבֶן׃ (hat·te·ḇen) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8401: Material, refuse haum, stalks of grain was provided.” בִּהְי֥וֹת (bih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be Links Exodus 5:13 NIVExodus 5:13 NLT Exodus 5:13 ESV Exodus 5:13 NASB Exodus 5:13 KJV Exodus 5:13 BibleApps.com Exodus 5:13 Biblia Paralela Exodus 5:13 Chinese Bible Exodus 5:13 French Bible Exodus 5:13 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 5:13 The taskmasters were urgent saying Fulfill your (Exo. 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