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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Exodus 5"
description: "Overview  Exodus 5:1, Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message; Exodus 5:6, He increases the Israelites’ task; Exodus 5:15, He checks their compl"
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**Overview**
**** [Exodus 5:1](../../../kjv/exodus/5/1), Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message; [Exodus 5:6](../../../kjv/exodus/5/6), He increases the Israelites’ task; [Exodus 5:15](../../../kjv/exodus/5/15), He checks their complaints; [Exodus 5:19](../../../kjv/exodus/5/19), They cry out upon Moses and Aaron; [Exodus 5:22](../../../kjv/exodus/5/22), Moses complains to God.

**and told:** [1 Kings 21:20](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/20), [Psalms 119:46](../../../kjv/psalms/119/46), [Ezekiel 2:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/6), [Jonah 3:3](../../../kjv/jonah/3/3), [Jonah 3:4](../../../kjv/jonah/3/4), [Matthew 10:18](../../../kjv/matthew/10/18), [Matthew 10:28](../../../kjv/matthew/10/28), [Acts 4:29](../../../kjv/acts/4/29)
**a feast:** [Exodus 10:9](../../../kjv/exodus/10/9), [Isaiah 25:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/25/6), [1 Corinthians 5:8](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/5/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 15:13](../../../kjv/genesis/15/13) - thy [Exodus 3:18](../../../kjv/exodus/3/18) - and thou [Exodus 6:11](../../../kjv/exodus/6/11) - *General* [Exodus 6:27](../../../kjv/exodus/6/27) - spake [Exodus 7:16](../../../kjv/exodus/7/16) - serve [Exodus 8:1](../../../kjv/exodus/8/1) - Let my [Exodus 8:27](../../../kjv/exodus/8/27) - three days' [Exodus 9:1](../../../kjv/exodus/9/1) - *General* [Exodus 12:14](../../../kjv/exodus/12/14) - a feast [Numbers 12:2](../../../kjv/numbers/12/2) - Hath the Lord [1 Kings 18:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/21) - if the Lord [Jeremiah 27:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/4) - Thus

**Who:** [Exodus 3:19](../../../kjv/exodus/3/19), [2 Kings 18:35](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/35), [2 Chronicles 32:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/15), [2 Chronicles 32:19](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/19), [Job 21:15](../../../kjv/job/21/15), [Psalms 10:4](../../../kjv/psalms/10/4), [Psalms 12:4](../../../kjv/psalms/12/4), [Psalms 14:1](../../../kjv/psalms/14/1)
**I know not:** [1 Samuel 2:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/12), [John 16:3](../../../kjv/john/16/3), [Romans 1:28](../../../kjv/romans/1/28), [2 Thessalonians 1:8](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/1/8)
**neither:** [Exodus 3:19](../../../kjv/exodus/3/19), [Jeremiah 44:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/16), [Jeremiah 44:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/17)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 3:5](../../../kjv/genesis/3/5) - as gods [Exodus 7:17](../../../kjv/exodus/7/17) - thou shalt [Exodus 8:8](../../../kjv/exodus/8/8) - Entreat [Exodus 18:11](../../../kjv/exodus/18/11) - in the thing [Judges 2:10](../../../kjv/judges/2/10) - knew not [1 Samuel 25:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/10) - Who is David [1 Kings 12:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/13) - answered [1 Kings 18:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/21) - if the Lord [2 Kings 19:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/22) - Whom [Nehemiah 9:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/10) - they [Job 15:25](../../../kjv/job/15/25) - strengtheneth [Job 18:21](../../../kjv/job/18/21) - knoweth [Job 41:34](../../../kjv/job/41/34) - he is [Psalms 17:10](../../../kjv/psalms/17/10) - with [Psalms 73:9](../../../kjv/psalms/73/9) - set [Proverbs 18:23](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/23) - rich [Proverbs 30:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/9) - Who [Isaiah 36:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/20) - that the Lord [Isaiah 37:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/23) - Whom hast [Jeremiah 42:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/42/13) - *General* [Jeremiah 43:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/2) - all the [Jeremiah 48:26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/26) - for he [Jeremiah 50:33](../../../kjv/jeremiah/50/33) - they refused [Daniel 3:15](../../../kjv/daniel/3/15) - and who [Malachi 3:13](../../../kjv/malachi/3/13) - Your [2 Corinthians 10:5](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/10/5) - and every [Galatians 4:8](../../../kjv/galatians/4/8) - when [James 3:5](../../../kjv/james/3/5) - so

**The God:** [Exodus 3:18](../../../kjv/exodus/3/18)
**lest he:** [Deuteronomy 28:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/21), [2 Kings 17:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/25), [2 Chronicles 30:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/30/8), [Ezra 7:23](../../../kjv/ezra/7/23), [Ezekiel 6:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/11), [Zechariah 14:16-19](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/16-19)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 22:4](../../../kjv/genesis/22/4) - third [Exodus 7:16](../../../kjv/exodus/7/16) - The Lord [Exodus 9:3](../../../kjv/exodus/9/3) - murrain [Exodus 10:9](../../../kjv/exodus/10/9) - a feast [Numbers 14:12](../../../kjv/numbers/14/12) - smite [1 Kings 13:8](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/8) - If [Job 15:25](../../../kjv/job/15/25) - strengtheneth [2 Corinthians 11:22](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/11/22) - Hebrews

**wherefore:** [Jeremiah 38:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/4), [Amos 7:10](../../../kjv/amos/7/10), [Luke 23:2](../../../kjv/luke/23/2), [Acts 16:20](../../../kjv/acts/16/20), [Acts 16:21](../../../kjv/acts/16/21), [Acts 24:5](../../../kjv/acts/24/5)
**let:** Taphreeoo, from pard, to loose, disengage; and which we render let, from the Anglo-Saxon lettan, to hinder. Ye hinder the people from their work: "Get you unto your burdens." "Let religion alone and mind your work." The language not only of tyranny, but of thoughtless irreligion.
**burdens:** [Exodus 1:11](../../../kjv/exodus/1/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 6:7](../../../kjv/exodus/6/7) - from under [Exodus 10:11](../../../kjv/exodus/10/11) - And they [Jeremiah 32:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/3) - Wherefore

[Exodus 1:7-11](../../../kjv/exodus/1/7-11), [Proverbs 14:28](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/28)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 1:11](../../../kjv/exodus/1/11) - burdens [Exodus 6:7](../../../kjv/exodus/6/7) - from under [1 Kings 12:11](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/11) - I will add [2 Chronicles 10:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/10/11) - I will put

**taskmasters:** Nogesim, literally, exactors, oppressors. These taskmasters were Egyptians - [Exodus 1:11](../../../kjv/exodus/1/11), but the officers were Hebrews. [Exodus 5:14](../../../kjv/exodus/5/14). [Exodus 5:10](../../../kjv/exodus/5/10), [Exodus 5:13](../../../kjv/exodus/5/13), [Exodus 5:15](../../../kjv/exodus/5/15), [Exodus 5:19](../../../kjv/exodus/5/19), [Exodus 1:11](../../../kjv/exodus/1/11), [Proverbs 12:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/12/10)
**officers:** Shoterim, from the Arabic saytara, to overlook, superintend, seems to denote, as musaytar in Arabic also does, overseers, superintendents. They may have been somewhat like the chiefs of trades, who are found in every city in the East; where every trade has a head, who is entrusted with authority over them, and is in some measure answerable for them to Government. Compare [Exodus 2:14](../../../kjv/exodus/2/14). [Numbers 11:16](../../../kjv/numbers/11/16), [Deuteronomy 1:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/15), [Deuteronomy 16:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/18), [Joshua 8:33](../../../kjv/joshua/8/33), [Joshua 24:1](../../../kjv/joshua/24/1), [Joshua 24:4](../../../kjv/joshua/24/4), [2 Chronicles 26:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/26/11)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 13:8](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/8) - If [Job 3:18](../../../kjv/job/3/18) - they

**straw:** The straw was mixed with clay, in order to make the bricks. This is expressly affirmed by Philo - *vit. Mos.* who was himself a native of Alexandria, in Egypt. He says, describing the oppression of the Israelites, that some were obliged to work in clay, and others to gather straw for the formation of bricks, נכיםטןץ דבס בקץסב הוףלןע, because straw is the binding of the brick. Philo's account is confirmed by Dr. Shaw, who says that "some of the Egyptian pyramids are made of brick, the composition whereof is only a mixture of clay, mud, and straw, slightly blended and kneaded together, and afterwards baked in the sun. The straw, which keeps the bricks together, and still preserves its original colour, seems to be a proof that these bricks were never burnt or made in kilns." The same materials are now used for building in Egypt. Mr. Baumgarten says, "The houses are for the most part of bricks that are only hardened by the heat of the sun, and mixed with straw to make them firm." [Genesis 24:25](../../../kjv/genesis/24/25), [Judges 19:19](../../../kjv/judges/19/19)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 11:3](../../../kjv/genesis/11/3) - brick [Exodus 1:14](../../../kjv/exodus/1/14) - was with rigour [Exodus 18:11](../../../kjv/exodus/18/11) - in the thing [Nehemiah 9:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/10) - they [Psalms 129:1](../../../kjv/psalms/129/1) - have they

**tale:** Tale denotes number, from the Anglo-Saxon taellan, to number, count, etc.
**ye shall lay:** [Psalms 106:41](../../../kjv/psalms/106/41)
**Reciprocal:** [Nehemiah 9:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/10) - they [John 12:5](../../../kjv/john/12/5) - was

**Let there more work be laid upon the men:** Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men
**vain words:** [2 Kings 18:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/20), [Job 16:3](../../../kjv/job/16/3), [Jeremiah 43:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/43/2), [Zechariah 1:6](../../../kjv/zechariah/1/6), [Malachi 3:14](../../../kjv/malachi/3/14), [Ephesians 5:6](../../../kjv/ephesians/5/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 2:11](../../../kjv/exodus/2/11) - burdens [Deuteronomy 26:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/6) - *General*

**taskmasters:** [Exodus 1:11](../../../kjv/exodus/1/11), [Proverbs 29:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/29/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 5:6](../../../kjv/exodus/5/6) - taskmasters [Isaiah 30:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/6) - into the land

**not ought:** [Exodus 5:13](../../../kjv/exodus/5/13), [Exodus 5:14](../../../kjv/exodus/5/14)

**stubble:** [Exodus 15:7](../../../kjv/exodus/15/7), [Isaiah 5:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/24), [Isaiah 47:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/14), [Joel 2:5](../../../kjv/joel/2/5), [Nahum 1:10](../../../kjv/nahum/1/10), [Obadiah 1:18](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/18), [1 Corinthians 3:12](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/3/12)

**daily tasks:** Heb. a matter of a day in his day
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 5:6](../../../kjv/exodus/5/6) - taskmasters [Exodus 5:11](../../../kjv/exodus/5/11) - not ought [Ezra 3:4](../../../kjv/ezra/3/4) - as the duty of every day required [Job 39:7](../../../kjv/job/39/7) - driver

**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 2:11](../../../kjv/exodus/2/11) - burdens [Exodus 5:6](../../../kjv/exodus/5/6) - taskmasters [Exodus 5:11](../../../kjv/exodus/5/11) - not ought [Leviticus 25:43](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/43) - rule [Numbers 20:15](../../../kjv/numbers/20/15) - vexed us [Isaiah 3:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/15) - ye beat

**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 1:11](../../../kjv/exodus/1/11) - to afflict [Exodus 5:6](../../../kjv/exodus/5/6) - taskmasters [Job 3:18](../../../kjv/job/3/18) - they

**Reciprocal:** [Ecclesiastes 4:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/1) - and considered [Ezekiel 16:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/4) - for

[Matthew 26:8](../../../kjv/matthew/26/8), [John 6:27](../../../kjv/john/6/27), [2 Thessalonians 3:10](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/3/10), [2 Thessalonians 3:11](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/3/11)
**Reciprocal:** [John 12:5](../../../kjv/john/12/5) - was [Romans 12:11](../../../kjv/romans/12/11) - slothful

**yet shall ye deliver:** [Ezekiel 18:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/18), [Daniel 2:9-13](../../../kjv/daniel/2/9-13)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 12:11](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/11) - I will add [2 Chronicles 10:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/10/11) - I will put [Job 39:7](../../../kjv/job/39/7) - driver [Psalms 107:12](../../../kjv/psalms/107/12) - he brought

**evil case:** [Deuteronomy 32:36](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/36), [Ecclesiastes 4:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/1), [Ecclesiastes 5:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:1](../../../kjv/genesis/42/1) - saw [Exodus 5:6](../../../kjv/exodus/5/6) - taskmasters [Exodus 6:12](../../../kjv/exodus/6/12) - children [Deuteronomy 26:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/6) - *General* [Psalms 107:12](../../../kjv/psalms/107/12) - he brought

**The Lord:** [Exodus 4:31](../../../kjv/exodus/4/31), [Exodus 6:9](../../../kjv/exodus/6/9), [Genesis 16:5](../../../kjv/genesis/16/5)
**our savour:** [Ecclesiastes 10:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/10/1), [Joel 2:20](../../../kjv/joel/2/20), [2 Corinthians 2:15](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/2/15), [2 Corinthians 2:16](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/2/16)
**to be abhorred:** Heb. to stink, [Genesis 34:30](../../../kjv/genesis/34/30), [1 Samuel 13:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/13/4), [1 Samuel 27:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/27/12), [2 Samuel 10:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/6), [1 Chronicles 19:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 14:12](../../../kjv/exodus/14/12) - Is not this [Exodus 16:3](../../../kjv/exodus/16/3) - to kill [Exodus 17:2](../../../kjv/exodus/17/2) - the people [Numbers 20:4](../../../kjv/numbers/20/4) - why [1 Kings 18:9](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/9) - What have I sinned [Jeremiah 31:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/2) - The people

**returned:** [Exodus 17:4](../../../kjv/exodus/17/4), [1 Samuel 30:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/6), [Psalms 73:25](../../../kjv/psalms/73/25), [Jeremiah 12:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/12/1)
**why is it:** [Numbers 11:14](../../../kjv/numbers/11/14), [Numbers 11:15](../../../kjv/numbers/11/15), [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4), [1 Kings 19:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/10), [Jeremiah 20:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/7), [Habakkuk 2:3](../../../kjv/habakkuk/2/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 14:11](../../../kjv/exodus/14/11) - wherefore [Joshua 7:7](../../../kjv/joshua/7/7) - wherefore [Isaiah 26:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/18) - we have not [2 Corinthians 7:8](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/7/8) - though I did

**in thy name:** [Psalms 118:26](../../../kjv/psalms/118/26), [Jeremiah 11:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/11/21), [John 5:43](../../../kjv/john/5/43)
**neither hast thou delivered:** Heb. delivering, thou hast not delivered, [Isaiah 26:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/17), [Isaiah 26:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/18), [Isaiah 28:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/28/16), [Hebrews 10:36](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/36), [Hebrews 10:37](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/37)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 6:11](../../../kjv/exodus/6/11) - *General* [Deuteronomy 26:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/6) - *General* [Joshua 7:7](../../../kjv/joshua/7/7) - wherefore [Jeremiah 20:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/7) - deceived [Mark 9:26](../../../kjv/mark/9/26) - cried [2 Corinthians 7:8](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/7/8) - though I did

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