Exodus 5:12

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Exodus 5:12 — American Standard Version

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Context — Exodus 5

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9Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.

10And 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.

11Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it: for nought of your work shall be diminished.

12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

13And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.

14And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh`s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?

15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

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