16 occurrences

'Foremen' in the Bible

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.

Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfOppression, Nature OfStoringSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, HardshipSuffering, Nature OfTaskmastersStores Of FoodForced Labour

That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people:

Verse ConceptsOverseersTaskmasters

So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said, "Thus says Pharaoh: 'I am not giving you straw.

Verse ConceptsHeraldTaskmasters

The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh's slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, "Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past -- both yesterday and today?"

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesFloggingIncomplete Works

The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, "Why are you treating your servants this way?

Verse ConceptsAskingWhy Do You Do This?

The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, "You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks."

Verse ConceptsNo ReductionTroubling Groups Of People

They would then hand over the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord's temple,

Verse ConceptsBuildingCarpenterswoodworking

It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord's temple.

Verse ConceptsRepairing

They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.

Verse ConceptsFraudFidelityServants, GoodTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsMoney Managementaccounting

Have them hand it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,

Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, "Your servants melted down the silver in the temple and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple."

Verse ConceptsWages

The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord's temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord's temple.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenBronzeCarpentersHiringIronMasonsreinforcement

They handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it.

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

Verse ConceptsSecretary

They melted down the silver in the Lord's temple and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen."

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