Exodus 5:6

Exodus 5:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,
• New Living Translation (NLT)That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:

Context of Exodus 5:6

4But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens." 5And Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!" The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, 7"You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, 'Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.'

Exodus 5:6 word by word

וַיְצַ֥ו פַּרְעֹ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֶת־הַנֹּגְשִׂ֣ים בָּעָ֔ם וְאֶת־שֹׁטְרָ֖יו לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• the same dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the taskmastersנָגַשׂnâgaώ · to oppressH5065
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and their officersשֹׁטֵרshôţêr · officialH7860
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Exodus 5:6

• Exodus 5:10So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I will not give you straw.
• Exodus 1:11Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
• Proverbs 12:10Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
• Exodus 2:14He answered, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and thought, "Surely the thing is known."

Commentaries on Exodus 5:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The task-masters of the people and their officers - The task-masters were Egyptians, (see Clarke on Exodus 1:11; (note)), the officers were Hebrews; see Clarke below Exodus 5:14; (note). But it is probable that the task-masters Exodus 1:11, who are called מסים שרי sarey missim, princes of the burdens or taxes, were different from those termed taskmasters here, as the words are different; נגשים nogesim signifies exactors or oppressors - persons who exacted…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Their officers - Or scribes. Hebrews able to keep accounts in writing, appointed by the Egyptian superintendents, and responsible to them for the work; see Exodus 5:14. Subordinate officers are frequently represented on Egyptian monuments, giving in written accounts to their immediate superiors.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-14Pharaoh increased the workload to punish their disobedience. He thought they had too much free time (5:8). He could not imagine a god revealing himself outside the royal worship system. He believed they invented their unusual religious ideas instead of working (see also 5:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Pharaoh commanded--It was a natural consequence of the high displeasure created by this interview that he should put additional burdens on the oppressed Israelites. taskmasters--Egyptian overseers, appointed to exact labor of the Israelites. officers--Hebrews placed over their brethren, under the taskmasters, precisely analogous to the Arab officers set over the Arab Fellahs, the poor laborers in modern Egypt.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Exodus 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings