13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel (A)serve with [a]rigor.

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  1. Exodus 1:13 harshness

14 And they (A)made their lives bitter with hard bondage—(B)in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.

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14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor(A) in brick(B) and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.(C)

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46 And (A)you may take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your permanent slaves. But regarding your brethren, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with rigor.

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46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

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53 He shall be with him as a yearly hired servant, and he shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight.

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53 They are to be treated as workers hired from year to year; you must see to it that those to whom they owe service do not rule over them ruthlessly.(A)

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(A)The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor (B)sought what was lost; but with (C)force and [a]cruelty you have ruled them.

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  1. Ezekiel 34:4 harshness or rigor

You have not strengthened the weak or healed(A) the sick or bound up(B) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(C)

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