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Taskmaster נָגַשׂ
We are in Exodus chapter five with our word for today used 4 time in our chapter. נָגַשׂ spur on, force to work, oppress, slave driver, exact, impel, urge, drive, to demand, beat, rouse up, despot, press. It is used 23 times in the Old Testament. We find it used in the sense of collecting taxes by force. 2 Kings 23:35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and נָגַ֞שׂ exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments. It is used to describe the one who drives a prisoner or a donkey by force to…
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