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A plain linen taskmaster points across brick rows toward two weary foremen.
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Exodus 5:8

The Quota Remains

Before Pharaoh · Exodus 5

Story guide: Pharaoh demands the same brick quota while accusing the people of idleness.

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8And the quota of bricks that they were making yesterday and the day before, you shall impose on them; you shall not reduce any of it, because they are idle. Therefore they are crying out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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