Exodus 5:6 (KJV)

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And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers saying
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taskmasters.{Nogesim,} literally, exactors, oppressors. These taskmasters were Egyptians, (ch. 1:11,) but the officers were Hebrews. See ver. 14. Ex 5:10 Ex 5:13 Ex 5:15 Ex 5:19 Ex 1:11 Pr 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 ch. 2:14. Nu 11:16 De 1:15 De 16:18 Jos 8:33 Jos 24:1 Jos 24:4 2Ch 26:11

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