Exodus 5:6

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

Cross-reference

Exodus 5:10 Historical context

Exodus 5:10 records the slave drivers and overseers carrying out Pharaoh's order to withhold straw.

Exodus 5:13 Historical context

Exodus 5:13 describes the slave drivers pressuring the people to maintain production, echoing the command given in the main verse.

Exodus 5:14 Historical context

Exodus 5:14 shows the Israelite overseers being beaten by the slave drivers as a direct result of Pharaoh's command in the main verse.

Exodus 5:15 Historical context

Exodus 5:15 shows the Israelite overseers appealing to Pharaoh after the command in the main verse leads to their hardship.

Exodus 5:19 Historical context

Exodus 5:19 reveals the overseers' realization of trouble because of the same order from Pharaoh.

Exodus 1:11 Historical context

Exodus 1:11 describes the earlier appointment of slave masters over Israel, establishing the oppression that Pharaoh's order here continues.

Deuteronomy 16:18 uses the same Hebrew term 'officers' for Israelite judges appointed for justice, contrasting with Pharaoh's oppressive officers here.