15 Heb “and Pharaoh commanded on that day.”
16 The Greek has “scribes” for this word, perhaps thinking of those lesser officials as keeping records of the slaves and the bricks.
17 The phrase “who were” is supplied for clarity.
18 In vv. 6–14 the second section of the chapter describes the severe measures by the king to increase the labor by decreasing the material. The emphasis in this section must be on the harsh treatment of the people and Pharaoh’s reason for it—he accuses them of idleness because they want to go and worship. The real reason, of course, is that he wants to discredit Moses (v. 9) and keep the people as slaves.

In other versions

The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen,

That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and overseers in charge of the people:

That day Pharaoh commanded the overseers of the people as well as their foremen,

That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:

And on that day Pharaoh commanded the slave drivers over the people and his foremen, saying,

And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

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