13 The taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your [a]work quota, [b]your daily amount, just as when [c]you had straw.” 14 Moreover, (A)the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, (B)were beaten [d]and were asked, “Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?”

15 Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 5:13 Lit works
  2. Exodus 5:13 Lit the matter of a day in its day
  3. Exodus 5:13 Lit there was
  4. Exodus 5:14 Lit saying