Verse 13
Exodus 5:13
Literal Standard Version
13
and the exactors are making haste, saying, “Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הַ/נֹּגְשִׂ֖ים אָצִ֣ים לֵ/אמֹ֑ר כַּלּ֤וּ מַעֲשֵׂי/כֶם֙ דְּבַר י֣וֹם בְּ/יוֹמ֔/וֹ כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּ/הְי֥וֹת הַ/תֶּֽבֶן
English Translation
And the taskmasters were saying to them, "Complete your work, the word of the day in its day, as it was when there was straw."
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