The taskmasters hasted them, &c.— Bad men will usually find bad instruments to serve them. The taskmasters severely urge the people: and though, without straw, it was impossible to fulfil their tale of bricks, they are beaten. What a blessing is liberty ! How highly should we value it?
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Exodus 5:13
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.