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13 And the slave drivers were insisting, saying, “Finish your work for each day[a] on its day, as when there was straw.”[b] 14 And the foremen of the Israelites,[c] whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had appointed over them, were beaten by men who were saying, “Why have you not completed your portion of brickmaking as before, both yesterday and today?”[d]

The Foremen Complain to Pharaoh and Moses, and Moses Complains to Yahweh

15 And the foremen of the Israelites[e] came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you treat your servants like this?

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 5:13 Literally “a thing of a day”
  2. Exodus 5:13 Literally “in the being of the straw”
  3. Exodus 5:14 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Exodus 5:14 Literally “as yesterday three days ago also yesterday also the day”
  5. Exodus 5:15 Literally “sons/children of Israel”