Deuteronomy 4:20
4:20 You, however, the
Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace,
to be his special people
as you are today.
Exodus 1:11
1:11 So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Exodus 1:14
1:14 They made their lives bitter
by
hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service
in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
Exodus 1:16
1:16 “When you assist
the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery:
If it is a son, kill him,
but if it is a daughter, she may live.”
Exodus 1:22
1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live.”
Exodus 5:9
5:9 Make the work harder
for the men so they will keep at it
and pay no attention to lying words!”
Exodus 5:19
5:19 The Israelite foremen saw
that they
were in trouble when they were told,
“You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”
Exodus 5:23
5:23 From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble
for this people, and you have certainly not rescued
them!”