The Meaning of Exodus 5:13 Explained

Exodus 5:13

KJV: And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

YLT: and the exactors are making haste, saying, 'Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'

Darby: And the taskmasters urged them, saying, Fulfil your labours, the daily work, as when there was straw.

ASV: And the taskmasters were urgent saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Exodus 5:13?

MEANING: What does Exodus 5:13 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Exodus 5:13 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Exodus 5:13?

What is the context of Exodus 5:13?

Pharaoh Increases the Israelis’ Work (Exodus 5:6-14)
Pharaoh Rejects Yahweh’s Authority and Makes Israel’s Troubles Worse (Exodus 5:1-14)
Further Oppression of Israel (Exodus 5:6-23)
First Encounter with Pharaoh (Exodus 5:1-21)
Bricks Without Straw (Exodus 5:1-21)
Israel’s Labor Increased (Exodus 5:1-23)
Making Bricks Without Straw (Exodus 5:1-23)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the taskmasters hasted [them], saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.

What does Exodus 5:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 5:1-14 - The Request To Worship Jehovah Answered By Oppression

The bondage of Israel in Egypt is an apt type of our bondage to sin. See John 8:34-36; Romans 7:23-25. The weary tyranny of our besetting sins; the imperious demands of Satan; the absence of all reward to our hopeless toils-these are striking points of analogy. Though we weep and struggle, there is no help for us but in God. No straw! No lessening of the tale of bricks! The charge of idleness! Cruel beatings! Deliverance apparently more distant than ever! But the darkest hour precedes dawn.

The hue and cry is always raised when a prisoner is escaping. The tyrant, who has so long held his prey, is not minded to surrender it without a struggle. The devil convulsed the child, as he was about to depart. Moreover, Israel must be taught to look beyond Moses or Aaron to the Eternal Jehovah. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 5

¹ Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message
⁶ He increases the Israelites' task
¹⁶ He ignores their complaints
¹⁹ They cry out to Moses and Aaron
²² Moses complains to God

What do the individual words in Exodus 5:13 mean?

And the taskmasters kept pressing them saying Fulfill your work quota day by day as when there was straw

וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים אָצִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּלּ֤וּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ דְּבַר־ י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּהְי֥וֹת הַתֶּֽבֶן

וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים	And the taskmasters
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: נָגַשׂ Sense: to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure.
אָצִ֣ים	kept pressing them
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: אוּץ Sense: to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow.
לֵאמֹ֑ר	saying
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
כַּלּ֤וּ	Fulfill
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine plural Root: כָּלָה Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙	your work
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: מַעֲשֶׂה Sense: deed, work.
דְּבַר־	quota
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
י֣וֹם	day
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ	by day
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
בִּהְי֥וֹת	when there was
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַתֶּֽבֶן	straw
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: תֶּבֶן Sense: straw, stubble.

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