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Exodus 5:19

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The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble when it was said, “You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!”

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Exodus 5:19 in other translations

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks.

Exodus 5:19 · American Standard Version

Exodus 5:19 in context

  1. 17But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to Yahweh.’
  2. 18Go therefore now, and work; for no straw shall be given to you; yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!”
  3. 19The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble when it was said, “You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!”
  4. 20They met Moses and Aaron, who stood along the way, as they came out from Pharaoh.
  5. 21They said to them, “May Yahweh look at you and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”