World English Bible
Exodus 5:12
“So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.”
Verse in context — Exodus 5
The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, "This is what Pharaoh says: 'I will not give you straw.
Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!
The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?
About Exodus
God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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