King James Version
Exodus 5:6 in the King James Version says “And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,”
Exodus 5:6 · KJV
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves.
And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore , ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
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“the same day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the taskmasters”
H5065to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and their officers”
H7860properly, a scribe, i.e., (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
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