World English Bible
Exodus 5:13
“The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”
Verse in context — Exodus 5
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Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.
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So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
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The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!
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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?
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Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
About Exodus
God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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