taskmasters Therefore they did set over them {taskmasters} to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. taskmasters And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their {taskmasters}; for I know their sorrows; taskmasters And Pharaoh commanded the same day the {taskmasters} of the people, and their officers, saying, taskmasters And the {taskmasters} of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. taskmasters And the {taskmasters} hasted [them], saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw. taskmasters And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's {taskmasters} had set over them, were beaten, [and] demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? ~~~~~~