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Exodus 5:14-16
International Standard Version
Exodus 5:14-16
International Standard Version
14 The Israeli supervisors whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had appointed over them were beaten and told,[a] “Why didn’t you, both yesterday and today, fulfill[b] your quota[c] for making bricks as before?”
The Israelis’ Appeal Rejected by Pharaoh
15 The Israeli supervisors came and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you doing this to us?[d] 16 No straw is being given to us, yet they’re saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, we are being beaten. It’s wrong how you are treating your people!”
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- Exodus 5:14 Lit. saying
- Exodus 5:14 Lit. complete
- Exodus 5:14 Lit. prescribed amount
- Exodus 5:15 Lit. your servants; and so throughout the book
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