Taskmaster
All over the world today people pay much more of their labor to the government and call it freedom.
But because the people desired benefits from men who call themselves Benefactors we have returned to bondage. We were told to 'never return to the bondage of Egypt but people did under Herod and Rome, and in the United States under FDR. It was also called a corvee system of statutory labor or the bondage of Egypt. Jesus told us to think a different way and to seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. Are we in need of learning the lessons of Exodus?
This was because the corban of the Pharisees and Herod made the word of God to none effect because as covetous practices it mad men merchandise instead of setting the captive free.
Taskmaster
In Exodus 1:11 We see the MemSamech[1] or "forced service... enforced payment" as taskmasters[2] meaning afflict them with their burdens. The term, mas (מס) describes Pharaoh appointing “officers of the levy/labor (שרי מסים)” we see 23 times.[3] Samuel will tell Saul this not only is foolish but against the commandments.[4] But what appears in the text as missîm(מִסִּ֔ים) which appears nowhere else in the Bible in this form. It is accompanied by the term śārê(שָׂרֵ֣י)[2] and together they, śārê missîm(שרי מסים), produce taskmasters in verse 11.
This is also because of the context of the verse:
Exodus 1:11 "Therefore they did set over them taskmasters[1][2] to afflict[5] them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses."
These treasure cities became with these acts what the Bible will call the cities of blood because the people were literally merchandise in them. The city was the cauldron and the people were the flesh, the Human Resources who were back in the bondage of Egypt.
The normal or common word for taskmasters is nagas[6] more often translated oppressor.[7].
Appearance in the Bible
Other than Exodus 1:11 the Term taskmaster is translated from Nagas[6] which is also translated oppressor 7 times, taskmasters 5 times, exact 4 times, distressed, oppressed twice each, and driver, exactors', and taxes once each.
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Exodus 3:7 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 <05065>; for I know their sorrows;
Exodus 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters<05065> of the people, and their officers, saying,
Exodus 5:10 And the taskmasters<05065> of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Exodus 5:13 And the taskmasters<05065> hasted [them], saying, Fulfil your works, [your] daily tasks, as when there was straw.
Exodus 5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters<05065> 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?
Deuteronomy 15:2 And this [is] the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth [ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact <05065> [it] of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’S release.
Deuteronomy 15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact <05065> [it again]: but [that] which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed <05065>,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
1 Samuel 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed <05065> that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted [any] food.
2 Kings 23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted <05065> the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give [it] unto Pharaohnechoh.
Job 3:18 [There] the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor <05065>. Job 39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver <05065>.
Isaiah 3:5 And the people shall be oppressed <05065>, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Isaiah 3:12 [As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors <05065>, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Isaiah 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor <05065>, as in the day of Midian.
Isaiah 14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors <05065>.
Isaiah 14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor <05065> ceased! the golden city ceased!
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed <05065>, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isaiah 58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact <05065> all your labours.
Isaiah 60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors <05065> righteousness.
Daniel 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes <05065> [in] the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
Zechariah 9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor <05065> shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
Zechariah 10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor <05065> together.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 04522 ^סמ^ mac MemSamech \@mas\@ or ^סמ^ mic \@mees\@ same as 04523 מָס mac afflicted, despairing, from 04549 מָסַס macac to dissolve, to faint, grow fearful; n m; {See TWOT on 1218} AV-tribute 12, tributary 5, levy 4, discomfited 1, taskmasters 1; 23
- 1) gang or body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfited
- 1a) labour-band, labour-gang, slave gang
- 1b) gang-overseers
- 1c) forced service, serfdom, tribute, enforced payment
- מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
- ס Samech The Eternal Cycle The circular symbolizes the fundamental truth described in the mystery of the ten statements [ prop... Support, turn] (Numeric value: 60)
- 1) gang or body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour band or gang, forced service, task-work, serfdom, tributary, tribute, levy, taskmasters, discomfited
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 08269 ^רשׂ^ sar \@sar\@ ShinReish from 08323 ShinReishReish with a double Reish to rule and act like a prince... to lord it over; n m; {See TWOT on 2295 @@ "2295a"} AV-prince 208, captain 130, chief 33, ruler 33, governor 6, keeper 3, principal 2, general 1, lords 1, misc 4; 421
- 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain
- 1a) chieftain, leader
- 1b) vassal, noble, official (under king)
- 1c) captain, general, commander (military)
- 1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes)
- 1e) heads, princes (of religious office)
- 1f) elders (of representative leaders of people)
- 1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity)
- 1h) patron-angel
- 1i) Ruler of rulers (of God)
- 1j) warden
- 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain
- ↑ Genesis 49:15 "And he saw that rest [was] good, and the land that [it was] pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute <04522>.
- 1 Kings 4:6 And Ahishar [was] over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda [was] over the tribute <04522>.
- 1 Kings 5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy <04522> out of all Israel; and the levy <04522> was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, [and] two months at home: and Adoniram [was] over the levy <04522>.
- ↑ 1 Samuel 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly <05528>: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
- ↑ 06031 עָנָה ‘anah [aw-naw’] a primitive root AyinNunTav [possibly rather ident. with 06030 "to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout" possibly through the idea of looking down or browbeating]; v; [BDB-776a, BDB-775b] [{See TWOT on 1651 }] [{See TWOT on 1652 }] AV-afflict 50, humble 11, force 5, exercised 2, sing 2, Leannoth 1, troubled 1, weakened 1, misc 11; 84
- 1) to be occupied, be busied with
- 1a) (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with
- 1b) (Hiphil) occupying (part.) [{Ec 5:20 }]
- 2) to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down
- 2a) (Qal)
- 2a1) to be put down, become low
- 2a2) to be depressed, be downcast
- 2a3) to be afflicted
- 2a4) to stoop
- 2b) (Niphal)
- 2b1) to humble oneself, bow down
- 2b2) to be afflicted, be humbled
- 2a) (Qal)
- 1) to be occupied, be busied with
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 05065 ^שׂגנ^ nagas \@naw-gas’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1296} AV-oppressor 7, taskmasters 5, exact 4, distressed 2, oppressed 2, driver 1, exactors 1, taxes 1; 23
- 1) to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to press, drive
- 1a2) to exact
- 1a3) driver, taskmaster, ruler, oppressor, tyrant, lord, exactor of tribute (participle)
- 1b) (Niphal) to be hard pressed
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to press, drive, oppress, exact, exert demanding pressure
- ↑ Deuteronomy 15:2 And this [is] the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth [ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact <05065> [it] of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’S release.