Exodus 5:19 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 5:19

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.

KJV

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ASV

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.

WEB

The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”

YLT

And the authorities of the sons of Israel see them in affliction, saying, `Ye do not diminish from your bricks; the matter of a day in its day.'

DBT

And the officers of the children of Israel saw [that] it stood ill with them, because it was said, Ye shall not diminish anything from your bricks, the daily work.

About this book

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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7 verses on the floor

Exodus 5:6
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Genesis 42:1
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
Deuteronomy 32:36
For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

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"The mode of beating was by the offender being laid flat on the ground and generally held by the hands and feet while the chastisement was administered" [WILKINSON]. A picture representing the Hebrews on a brick field, exactly as described in this chapter, was found in an Egyptian tomb at Thebes.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H384312× in canon H163922× in canon H786025× in canon

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EXO 5:19ECC 4:1 ECC 3:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 5:19DEU 32:36 PSA 135:14
EXO 5:19ECC 4:1 ECC 5:8
EXO 5:19ECC 4:1 2TI 4:16-17
EXO 5:19ECC 4:1 ISA 5:7
EXO 5:19ECC 5:8 PSA 12:5
EXO 5:19ECC 5:8 ECC 4:1
EXO 5:19ECC 4:1 ISA 51:23

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