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The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”

Exodus 5:13 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીનિર્ગમન ૫:૧૩
મુકાદમો ધમકી આપતા જ રહ્યા કે, “અગાઉ પરાળ મળતું હતું ત્યારે રોજનું જેટલું કામ કરતા હતા તેટલું જ કામ તમારે પૂરું કરવું પડશે.”
हिन्दीनिर्गमन ५:१३
परिश्रम करनेवाले यह कह-कहकर उनसे जल्दी करते रहे कि जिस प्रकार तुम पुआल पाकर किया करते थे उसी प्रकार अपना प्रतिदिन का काम अब भी पूरा करो।

In context

11Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of your work shall be diminished.’”

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

13The taskmasters were urgent saying, “Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!”

14The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why haven’t you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?”

15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you deal this way with your servants?

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