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Exodus 5:13

“The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.””

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¹¹Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

¹²So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

¹³The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”

¹⁴Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

¹⁵So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

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