Exod.5.6

Exodus 5:6

KJV

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Bricks and Straw

Israel’s Labor Increased

Cross References

Exodus 1:11

KJV

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

Oppression by a New King

Israel Multiplies in Egypt

Exodus 3:7

KJVGOD

¶ And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

Moses at the Burning Bush

The Burning Bush

Exodus 5:7

KJV

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Bricks and Straw

Israel’s Labor Increased

Exodus 5:10

KJV

¶ And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

Bricks and Straw

Israel’s Labor Increased

Exodus 5:13

KJV

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

Bricks and Straw

Israel’s Labor Increased

Exodus 5:14

KJV

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 both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?