Chapter 5

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and told 1Kgs 21:20; Ps 119:46; Ezek 2:6; Jonah 3:3-4; Matt 10:18, Matt 10:28; Acts 4:29

a feast Exod 10:9; Isa 25:6; 1Cor 5:8


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Who Exod 3:19; 2Kgs 18:35; 2Chr 32:15, 2Chr 32:19; Job 21:15; Ps 10:4, Ps 12:4, Ps 14:1

I know not 1Sam 2:12; John 16:3; Rom 1:28; 2Thess 1:8

neither Exod 3:19; Jer 44:16-17


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The God Exod 3:18

lest he Deut 28:21; 2Kgs 17:25; 2Chr 30:8; Ezra 7:23; Ezek 6:11; Zech 14:16-19


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wherefore Jer 38:4; Amos 7:10; Luke 23:2; Acts 16:20-21, 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 Exod 1:11


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Exod 1:7-11; Prov 14:28


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taskmasters Nogesim, literally, exactors, oppressors. These taskmasters were Egyptians (Exod 1:11), but the officers were Hebrews. Exod 5:14. Exod 5:10, Exod 5:13, Exod 5:15, Exod 5:19, Exod 1:11; Prov 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 Exod 2:14. Num 11:16; Deut 1:15, Deut 16:18; Josh 8:33, Josh 24:1, Josh 24:4; 2Chr 26:11


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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, πλινθου γαρ αχυρα δεσμος, 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." Gen 24:25; Judg 19:19


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tale Tale denotes number, from the Anglo-Saxon taellan, to number, count, etc.

ye shall lay Ps 106:41


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Let there more work be laid upon the men Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men

vain words 2Kgs 18:20; Job 16:3; Jer 43:2; Zech 1:6; Mal 3:14; Eph 5:6


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taskmasters Exod 1:11; Prov 29:12


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not ought Exod 5:13-14


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stubble Exod 15:7; Isa 5:24, Isa 47:14; Joel 2:5; Nah 1:10; Obad 1:18; 1Cor 3:12


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daily tasks Heb. a matter of a day in his day


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Matt 26:8; John 6:27; 2Thess 3:10-11


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yet shall ye deliver Ezek 18:18; Dan 2:9-13


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evil case Deut 32:36; Eccl 4:1, Eccl 5:8


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The Lord Exod 4:31, Exod 6:9; Gen 16:5

our savour Eccl 10:1; Joel 2:20; 2Cor 2:15-16

to be abhorred Heb. to stink, Gen 34:30; 1Sam 13:4, 1Sam 27:12; 2Sam 10:6; 1Chr 19:6


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returned Exod 17:4; 1Sam 30:6; Ps 73:25; Jer 12:1

why is it Num 11:14-15; 1Kgs 19:4, 1Kgs 19:10; Jer 20:7; Hab 2:3


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in thy name Ps 118:26; Jer 11:21; John 5:43

neither hast thou delivered Heb. delivering, thou hast not delivered, Isa 26:17-18, Isa 28:16; Heb 10:36-37


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