12 Then were the people scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble instead of straw.

13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Finish your day’s work [a]every day’s task, as ye did when ye had straw.

14 And the Officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your [task] in making brick yesterday and today, as in times past?

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 5:13 Hebrew, the work of a day in his day.

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