exodus 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

exodus 5:6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

6. Pharaoh commanded--It was a natural consequence of the high displeasure created by this interview that he should put additional burdens on the oppressed Israelites.
taskmasters--Egyptian overseers, appointed to exact labor of the Israelites.
officers--Hebrews placed over their brethren, under the taskmasters, precisely analogous to the Arab officers set over the Arab Fellahs, the poor laborers in modern Egypt.

exodus 5:6 So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying,

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