That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:
Parallel translations
- WEB The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
- KJV And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
- NKJV So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
- NASB So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,
- NLT That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:
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Quick answer
That same day Pharaoh commands the taskmasters and officers with new orders. His response to God's demand is to increase the oppression.
Overview
Rather than yielding, Pharaoh acts immediately to tighten his grip, instructing the slave-drivers and the Israelite foremen. The speed of his retaliation shows the depth of his defiance. This sets in motion the cruel policy of the following verses, where opposition to God brings, in the short term, intensified suffering for His people.
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- Exod 5:19The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
- Exod 5:10So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.
- Josh 8:33All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
- Exod 3:7The 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.
- Exod 1:11So 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.
- Num 11:16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
- Exod 5:13–15The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
- Josh 24:4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
- Deut 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Deut 1:15So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
- 2 Chr 26:11Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
- Prov 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- Josh 24:1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
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