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Exodus 5:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 5:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 On that day, Pharaoh gave this order to the taskmasters of the people and to his overseers:[a] 7 “Do not give any more straw[b] for making bricks to the people as you previously have. Let them get their own straw. 8 But you must demand that they make the same number of bricks as before, without any reduction. They are lazy. That is why they are protesting, ‘We wish to leave, we must sacrifice to our God.’
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- Exodus 5:6 Taskmasters . . . overseers: the former were Egyptians with authority over the Israelites; the latter were most likely appointed by the Israelites themselves.
- Exodus 5:7 Straw was mixed with clay to give greater cohesiveness to the unbaked bricks.
